Clotaire II - Clotaire II Clotaire II was not yet born when his father, King Chilperic I died in 584. His mother, Queen Fredegonde, administered his kingdom until her death in 597. At age 13, Clotaire II began to rule for himself. In 613 Clotaire II became the first king of all the Franks since his grandfather Clotaire I died in 561 by ordering the murder of Sigebert II who had ascended to the thrones of Austrasia and Burgundia. In 615, Clotaire II passed the Edict of Paris, a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that greatly pleased the nobles throughout his kingdom. Then, in 623 he gave the kingdom of Austrasia to his young son Dagobert I. This was a political move as repayment for the support of Bishop.
Clotaire I - Clotaire I Clotaire I (d. 561), a king of the Franks, was one of the four sons of Clovis. He was born about 495 in Soissons in the Aisne, département, Picardie, France. On the death of his father in 511 he received as his share of the kingdom the town of Soissons, which he made his capital, the cities of Laon, Noyon, Cambrai and Maastricht, and the lower course of the Meuse. But he was very ambitious, and sought to extend his domain. He was the chief instigator of the murder of his brother Clodomer's children in 524, and his share of the spoils consisted of the cities of Tours and Poitiers. He took part in the various expeditions against Burgundy, and after the destruction of.
Clotaire III - Clotaire III Clotaire III (652-673) was a son of King Clovis II. In 657 he became the nominal ruler of the three Frankish kingdoms, but was deprived of Austrasia in 663, retaining Neustria and Burgundy until his death. Related articles Franks List of Frankish Kings.
Franks - Camaracum (today Cambrai) and expanding the border down to the Somme. This probably took some time; Sidonius relates that the Franks were surprised by Aetius and driven back (probably around 431). This period marks the beginning of a situation that would endure for many centuries: the Germanic Franks became rulers over an increasing number of Gallo-Roman subjects. In 451 Aetius called upon his Germanic allies on Roman soil to help fight off an invasion by the Huns. The Salian Franks answered the call, the Ripuarians fought on both sides as some of them lived outside the Empire. At this time Merovech was king of the Franks. Gregory's (oral) sources did not seem sure whether Chlodio was his father. Clovis engaged in a campaign of consolidating the various Frankish kingdoms in Gaul.
Fredegund - of Guntram (her brother-in-law and the king of Burgundy), Childebert II (Sigebert's son), and Brunhild. After the mysterious assassination of Chilperic (584), Fredegund seized his riches and took refuge in the cathedral at Paris. Both she and her surviving son, Clotaire II, were protected by Guntram until he died in 592. Said to be ruthlessly murderous and sadistically cruel, Fredegund perhaps has few rivals in monstrousness..
Ebroin - palace, Grimoald, was attempting to usurp the authority. The great nobles, however, appealed to the king of Neustria, Clovis II, and unity was re-established. But in spite of a very firm policy Ebroin was unable to maintain this unity, and while Clotaire III, son of Clovis II, reigned in Neustria and Burgundy, he was obliged in 660 to give the Austrasians a special king, Childeric II, brother of Clotaire III, and a special mayor of the palace, Wulfoald. He endeavoured to maintain at any rate the union of Neustria and Burgundy, but the great Burgundian nobles wished to remain independent, and rose under St Leger (Leodegar), bishop of Autun, defeated Ebroin, and interned him in the monastery of Luxeuil (670). A proclamation was then issued to the effect that each kingdom.
Dagobert I - of the Franks from 629 to 639. - King Dagobert I - The son of King Clotaire II, Dagobert became king of Austrasia and on the death of his father, the sole king of the Franks. By 632 he had Bourgogne and Aquitaine under his rule, becoming the most powerful of the Merovingian kings and the most respected ruler in the West. He married five times. As king, Dagobert I made Paris his capital. During his reign, he built the Altes Schloss Castle in Meersburg, Germany which today is the oldest inhabited castle in that country. Devoutly religious, Dagobert was also responsible for the construction of the Saint Denis Basilica at the site of a Benedictine Monastery in Paris. On Dagobert's death, his kingdom was divided between his sons. The decentralized.
558 - 560 561 562 563 Events May 7 - In Constantinople, the dome of St. Sophia Basilica collapses. Justinian immediately orders the dome rebuilt. Clotaire I reunites the Frankish kingdom Births Deaths Childebert I, king of the Franks\n.
561 - - 600s - 610s Years: 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 Events Clotaire I dies, and the Frankish kingdom is divided Pope Pelagius I (556-561) succeeded by Pope John III (561-574) Northern Qi Wu Cheng Di succeeds Northern Qi Xiao Zhao Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Qi Dynasty Births Deaths\n.
584 - 587 588 589 Events The Visigoths conquer the Suevi kingdom in Spain. Clotaire II, son of Chilperic of Neustria, reunites the Frankish kingdom Kubrat becomes king of the Bulgars. After a ten year interregnum, the Lombards elect Authari as their king. Births Edwin of Northumbria Deaths \n.
613 - 611 612 - 613 - 614 615 616 617 618 Events Clotaire II reunites the Frankishish kingdoms by ordering the murder of Sigebert II Saint Columbanus founds the monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy The Abbey of St. Gall is founded Births Deaths Brunhilda, Queen of Austrasia\n.
623 - 621 622 - 623 - 624 625 626 627 628 Events Clotaire II, king of the Franks, makes his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia Samo, reputedly a Frankishish merchant, governs in Moravia, Slovakia and Lower Austria. Births Deaths Pippin of Landen, mayor of the palace of the Austrasia.
629 - I becomes king of all of the Frankish territory Maya civilization military outpost of Dos Pilas is founded Births: Deaths: Clotaire II, king of the Franks\n.
652 - independent state (approximate date) Rodoald succeeds his father Rothari as king of the Lombards Births Clotaire III, king of the Franks Deaths Abbas, uncle of Muhammed, progenitor of the Abbasids Saint Ida of Nivelles, widow of Pippin of Landen, monastic foundress Rothari, king of the Lombards\n.
655 - 659 660 Events Empress Saimei ascends to the throne of Japan. Clovis II succeeded by Clotaire III. Battle of Winwaed: Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats pagan Mercian king Penda Births Deaths September 1 - Pope Martin I (in exile)\n.
668 - 668 - 669 670 671 672 673 Events Childeric II succeeds Clotaire III as Frankishish king Constantine IV becomes Byzantine Emperor, succeeding Constans II Theodore of Tarsus made archbishop of Canterbury. Silla, led by General Kim, Yoo-Sin, conquers Goguryeo. The Korean peninsula is unified for the first time in its history, under King Munmu of Silla Births Deaths Constans II, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated).
670 - 670 - 671 672 673 674 675 Events On the death of his brother Clotaire, Childeric II becomes king of all of the Frankishish kingdoms -- Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy Births Deaths Oswiu, king of Northumbria, Bretwalda Clotaire III, king of Neustria and Burgundy\n.
Arnulf of Metz - of Landen he led the aristocratic opposition to Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia that led to her downfall and the reunification of Frankish lands under Clotaire II. About the same year, he became bishop of Metz. From 623, again with Pippin, now mayor of the Austrasian palace, Arnulf was adviser to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit. Arnulf's son Ansegisel married Pippin's daughter Begga; the son of this marriage, Pippin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather..
Austrasia - I receiving Austrasia. Austrasia and its neighbor, Neustria, were constantly at odds. These struggles reached their climax in the wars between Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia and Queen Fredegunde of Neustria. In 613, the king of Neustria, Clotaire II, took control of the other two kingdoms and a united Frankish kingdom was created with its capital in Paris. With the weakening of royal power in Austrasia, the office of Mayor of the Palace developed into the real power in the kingdom, and finally became hereditary in the family of the Carolingians. Under this dynasty, Austrasia was no longer a separate kingdom. For the rulers of Austrasia, see the list of Frankish Kings.\n.
Theodebald - from 547 or 548 to 555. He surrendered his country to his great-uncle Clotaire I. Related articles Franks List of Frankish Kings Merovingians History of France.
