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EBROIN (d. 681) - Encyclopedia Britannica - EBROIN (d. 681) - JCSM's Study Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | In 656, at the moment of his accession to power, Sigebert III., the king of Austrasia, had just died, and the Austrasian mayor of the palace, Grimoald, was attempting to usurp the authority. |
 | | , however, was short-lived; he was assassinated in 681, the victim of a combined attack of his numerous enemies. |
 | | He was a man of great energy, but all his actions seem to have been dictated by no higher motives than ambition and lust of power. |
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