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| | Childebert II, King of Austrasia and Burgundy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | When his father King Sigebert I of Metz was assassinated in 575, the five year old Childebert II succeeded as King of Austrasia. |
 | | In 577, he was adopted by his childless uncle King Guntram of Burgundy, and the two made peace. |
 | | In 595, at the age of 25, King Childebert II, ruler of over two thirds of Frankish Gaul, was poisoned by a group of Austrasian nobles, and his young sons Theudebert II and Theuderic II became kings of Austrasia and Burgundy respectively under the control of their grandmother, Queen Brunhild. |
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