Aega (mayor of the palace)

For uses of EGA as an acronym, see EGA. For the river in Spain, see Ega River.

Aega (also spelled Ega or Egua) was the mayor of the palace and regent, alongside the queen mother Nanthild, of Neustria and Burgundy from 639, on the death of Dagobert I, to his death in 641, during the reign of the minor Clovis II. He was a hardened opponent of the local Burgundian nobility. On his death, at Clichy, Nanthild replaced him in Burgundy by Flaochad, a Frank and like opponent of the local power factions. The magnates elevated Erchinoald to his mayoralty in Neustria.

Preceded by
Gundoald
Mayor of the Palace of Neustria
639641
Succeeded by
Erchinoald
Preceded by
Brodulf
Mayor of the Palace of Burgundy
639641
Succeeded by
Flaochad
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