Ega, duke of Alsace

•Name: Ega 1 2 •Sex: M •Title: Major Domo in Franconia •Birth: ABT 560 in Kingdom of the Franks (France) •Death: 646 in Kingdom of the Franks (France)

Marriage 1 Gerberga Of Franconia b: ABT 564 in Franconia, Germania (Germany) Children

1. Erchembaldus b: ABT 590 in France

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Ega Alsace b.abt.560 France; s/o Ausbertus, Senator of Meroving and Bilthildes, Princess of Sessions Cologne m.Gerberga of Franconia b.abt.564 of Franconia, Germany; d/o Richemeres, Duke of Franconia and Gertrudis, Duchess of Franconia

CHILDREN included:

1.Erchembaldus b.abt.590 2.Sigreda Moselle b.600 Moselle River Valley, Austraisa d.Aug. 4, 678 m.Bodilon Pointers

During the 7th century, the office of Mayor of the Palace developed into the true power behind the throne in Austrasia, the northeastern portion of the Kingdom of the Franks under the Merovingian dynasty. The Major Domo held and wielded the real and effective power to make decisions affecting the Kingdom, while in the mid to late Merovingian period, kings had been reduced to performing merely ceremonial functions, which made them little more than nominal kings or figureheads.