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Warnachar
(sometimes numbered
Warnachar II
; in
modern French
,
Warnachaire
or
Garnier
) was the
mayor of the palace
of
Burgundy
(617-626) and briefly
Austrasia
(612-617). He began his career as the regent during
Theuderic II
's minority (596-c.604). In 612, when Theuderic became king of Austrasia, he became mayor of the palace. In 613, he allied with King
Clotaire II
of
Neustria
, feeling that the young
Sigebert II
should not be under the hated
Brunhilda
's influence. He betrayed Brunhilda into Clotaire's hands by instructing the army not to oppose the invading Neustrian. When Clotaire then became sole
king of the Franks
, he left Warnachar in power in Austrasia briefly, but confirmed at
Bonneuil-sur-Marne
, in 617, Warnachar's function in Burgundy until his death in 626 (or 627 or 628, when he is said to have called a synod of Burgundian bishops). His son,
Godinus
, succeeded him.