 Once elected, Pippin served faithfully under Chlotar until his death in 629, and solidified the Pippinids' position of power within Austrasia by supporting Chlotar's son Dagobert who became King of Austrasia in 623.Pippin, with support of Arnulf and other Austrasian magnates, even used the opportunity to support the killing an important political rival Chrodoald, an Agilolfing lord.When King Dagobert I's ascent to the throne in c.629, he returned Frankish politics back to Paris in Neustria, from whence it was removed by his father in 613.