 As Pippin approached his death in late 714, he was faced with a succession crisis.Drogo, Pippin's old son, died in 707 and his second son Grimoald, according to the "LHF", was killed whilst praying to Saint Lambert in Liège in 714 by Rantgar, suspected by Paul Fouracre to be a pagan.Pippin, before his death, made his six year old Theudoald grandson (his son Grimoald's son) his successor in Neustria, a choice that is believed to have been promoted by his wife Plectrude.