Battle of Tertry

Battle of Tertry
Map of Francia in 714 (Austrasia shown in green)
Date 687 Location Tertry, Somme 49°51′47″N 3°58′10″E / 49.86306°N 3.96944°E / 49.86306; 3.96944 Result Austrasian victory
Belligerents
Austrasia	Neustria and Burgundy
Commanders and leaders
Pepin of Herstal	Berchar

The Battle of Tertry was an important engagement in Merovingian Gaul between the forces of Austrasia under Pepin II on one side and those of Neustria and Burgundy on the other.^[1] It took place in 687 at Tertry, Somme,^[2] and the battle is presented as an heroic account in the Annales mettenses priores. After achieving victory on the battlefield at Tertry, the Austrasians dictated the political future of the Neustrians.