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  Theudebert II, King of Austrasia
Theudebert II was born in 585, and that year was baptized by Magneric, Bishop of Trier.
In 589, Theudebert was suffering with a throat tumour, but it went away when he spent Easter with his father and Sigimund, Bishop of Mainz.
Theudebert refused, and Brunhild left for the court of his brother King Theuderic II of Burgundy, where she was warmly received.
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  Childebert II of Austrasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Childebert II (570-595), king of Austrasia, was a son of Sigebert I.
By the pact of Andelot in 587 Childebert was recognized as Gontran?s heir, and with his uncle's help he quelled the revolts of the nobles and succeeded in seizing the castle of Woëwre.
Childebert II had had relations with the Byzantine Empire, and fought in 585 in the name of the emperor Maurice against the Lombards in Italy.
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 The Franks - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
When Gontran died in 592, his inheritance passed to Childebert II, son of Sigebert and Brunehilde, and after this king's death in 595 his states were divided between his two sons, Theudebert II taking and Thierry II Burgundy.
But like Clotaire II, in 614, Clovis was constrained in 660 to grant Austrasia a separate rule, and appointed his brother Childeric II its king, with Wulfoald as mayor of the palace.
But Pepin II did not confine himself to restoring Frankish unity; he extended the frontiers of the monarchy by subduing the Frisians, his neighbours on the north.
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 The Franks
The death of Theudebert, in 548, was soon followed by that of his son Theobald, in 555, and by the death of Childebert in 558, Clotaire I, the last of the four brothers, becoming sole heir to the estate of his father, Clovis.
There flowed in the veins of Pepin II, son of Adalgisil and of St. Begga daughter of Pepin I, the blood of the two illustrious men who, by the overthrow of Brunehilde, had established a moderate monarchy in Austrasia.
Despite the defeat inflicted on him by Ebroin, Pepin remained the leader and the hope of the Austrasians, and, after the death of his adversary, vigorously resumed the kingdom which was then disturbed by the rivalry between Waratton, mayor of the palace, and his son Gislemar.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Clotaire II   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Clotaire II (584-629), King of Neustria, and from 613-629 King of all the Franks, was not yet born when his father, King Chilperic I died in 584.
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 the infant Sigebert II, whom the aging Brunhilda had attempted to set on the thrones of Austrasia and Burgundy, causing a rebellion among the nobility.
This led to the delivery of Brunhilda into Clotaire's hands, his thirst for vengeance leading to his formidable old aunt enduring the agony of the rack for three whole days, before suffering a horrific death, chained between four horses that were goaded in separate directions, eventually tearing her apart.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Austrasia
Clotaire II became king of Austrasia as well as Neustria but was forced to concede much of his...
In 613, after the death of his cousin Theodoric II, king of Austrasia, he was called in by Austrasian nobles to assume rule.
Theudebert II (son of Childebert II; Austrasia)596–613 Theuderic II (brother...
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 Goths, Franks, and Justinian's Empire 476-610 by Sanderson Beck
The historian Gregory of Tours praised Theudebert for being virtuous and liberal to the churches and the poor.
Theudebert had been engaged to Wisigard for seven years, and he eventually gave in to social pressure to desert Deuteria and marry her.
She took control as regent for her son Childebert II, whom she saw well educated, and she had the Roman roads and buildings repaired; but the aristocracy was not happy with the increased taxation.
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 Articles - Dagobert II   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dagobert II "the Young" (ca 650 – December 23, 679) was a Frankish king, the son of Sigebert III, one of the rois-fainéants ("do-nothing kings") and the last Merovingian king of Austrasia.
She may have cooperated with Grimoald to set up Childebert the Adopted; later she hoped by marrying her daughter Bilichild to Childeric II to keep the eventual Austrasian heir in her bloodline [1].
The young king was assassinated on a hunting party near Maastricht in 673, and in the chaotic power struggle that ensued, the Austrasian magnates, who wanted a king of Merovingian blood, pressed Wulfoald for the return of Dagobert, effected in 676 partly through the help of Wilfrid, Bishop of York.
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 The Oxford Merovingian Page
Theudebert II King of Soissons and Meaux, King of Austrasia 596- 612 son of Childebert II.
Sigibert II King of Austrasia and Burgundy 613, son of Theuderic II and a concubine.
Childeric II, King of Austrasia 662-75, King of Neustria and Burgundy 673-5, brother, assassinated by Bodilo in Forest of Livry in Picardy.
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 Ancient Magick
Chlothar II defeated Brunhilda and her grandson, reunifying the kingdom.
Pippin II (Austrasia: 680–714, Neustria and Burgundy: 687–695)
Charles was confirmed in West Francia and in Aquitaine, where Pepin I's son Pepin II was opposing him, while Louis the German was granted the whole of East Francia save the Low Countries and the Rhineland, Burgundy, and Provence, which corridor from Pavia to Aachen was created into a kingdom of Middle Francia for Lothair.
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 Articles - Dagobert I   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The son of King Clotaire II, Dagobert became king of Austrasia and on the death of his father, the sole king of the Franks.
In 632 the nobles of Austrasia revolted under Mayor of the Palace Pepin I, and Dagobert appeased the rebellious nobles by putting his three-year-old son Sigebert III on the Austrasian throne, thereby ceding royal power in all but name.
When Dagobert died in 639, another son, Clovis II, inherited the rest of his kingdom at age five.
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 Articles - List of Frankish Kings   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Clotaire II defeated Brunhilda and her offspring and reunified the kingdom.
Lothar II, the second son, received the Frankish parts of his father's realm, which after him were called Lotharingia.
Charles the Bald claimed Lotharingia at his nephew's death and was crowned king in Metz, but his brother Louis the German opposed his claim and in 870 the Treaty of Meersen divided Lotharingia between the two brothers and subsequently their sons.
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 FRANCIA
In 1349 Count Humbert II (d.1355), the "Dauphin," simply sold the territory to the grandson of Philip VI, the prince who would later become Charles V. Thus, Charles became the first "Dauphin" of France, and as he was the Crown Prince from 1350-1364, this now became the traditional title of the Heir Apparent of France.
The Anjevian line ruling Naples had died out in 1435, and while Queen Joanna II willed the country to Duke René the Good of Anjou and Lorraine, by 1442 it was in the hands of Alfonso V of Aragón.
Henry of Guise was of the house of Anjou and Lorraine, descendants of King John II of France.
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 'The Delaforce Family History' - Chapter 47 - The Girls
Clothaire II must have been relieved when his mother died at the ripe old age, for then, of 53 but he was not to be left in peace by the on-going war of the siblings.
Dagobert was a hard man and his equally tough son Clovis II, who inherited Neustria and Burgundy, married Balthilde, an English slave girl but of aristocratic family, bought by Grimoald, the Palace Mayor from pirates for the purpose.
Apart from Chilperic II, Clovis II’s line of no-hopers were just tools of their Mayors of the Palace and Childeric III is where the Merovingians run into the sand, deposed by Pepin the Short in 751.
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 Articles - Theuderic I of Austrasia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Early in his reign he sent his son Theudebert to battle the Danish King Chlochilaich (a.k.a.
During the reign of his father, Theudebert defeated and killed Chlochilaich.
Theuderic then, with his brother Chlotar I and son Theudebert, attacked Thuringia to get his revenge with Hermanfrid.
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 BS Foundations chapter 6
After Childebert II died in 596, Brunichildis retained her authority, ruling in the name of her grandsons Theudebert II and Theuderich II.
Still, from the reign of Gregory II onwards, the papacy recognized Charles and his heirs as the leading princes of the West and sought their support against the eastern emperors.
Lothar's eldest son Louis II (855-875) received Italy and the imperial title, while his younger son Lothar II (855-869) received the northern part of the kingdom, centered on Aachen.
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 Time1a   (Site not responding. Last check: )
- Pulakesia II Chalukya, Ruler of the Deccan, died.
- Pepin II (L'Heuristal), Carolingian and Mayor of the Palace, died.
- Basil II (the Slayer of the Bulgars), Emperor of Byzantium, born.
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 Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg30.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Eadbald married (1) Emma of Austrasia daughter of Theudebert II, King of Austrasia and Burgundy.
Ethelberga married Edwin, King of Northumbria son of Ælle, King of Deira on 21 Jul 625 in Paulinus was consecrated bishop by Archbishop Justus and brings the bride Ethelberga to Edwin.
Sigebert II, King of Austrasia and Burgundy died in 612.
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 Ar Notes
He married Rozala of Lombardy, daughter of Berengar II of Italy, and was succeeded by their son, Baldwin IV.
The marshal (or stablemaster) at the Crowning of Otto I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
She was the daughter of Ramiro II, King of Aragon, and Agnes of Aquitaine.
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 Northumbria Predominant [Archive] - Alternate History Discussion Board
Cadfan II of the Welsh continues the integration of the southern Welsh and Powyrs, and continues to stir the Irish pot.
Edwin II, by now an man old before his time with the burden of building a nation whilst no longer its King, is assassinated in the monastery at Dore, allegedly whilst at prayer.
Constans II is not the most fervent of souls, indeed, he received perhaps to thorough an education in classical philosophy to deeply believe.
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 Merovingian information - Search.com
The Austrasians under the Arnulfing Pepin the Middle eventually triumphed in 687 at the Battle of Tertry and the chroniclers state unapologetically that, in that year, began the rule of Pepin.
Among the strong-willed kings who ruled during these desolate times, Dagobert II and Chilperic II deserve mention, but the mayors continued to exert their authority in both Neustria and Austrasia.
From the reign of Clotaire II and Dagobert I survive many examples of the royal position as the supreme justice and final arbiter.
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 EUROPEAN HISTORY 580 - 649
King Theudebert II (596-612) son King Childeber II (575-596) ruled Austrasia the district north East of Neustria (Paris, France).
King Theuderich II (612-613) son King Childeber II (575-596) ruled Austrasia the district north East of Neustria (Paris, France).
Emperor Constans II (641-668) refused to recognize this anti-bishop of Rome as a legitimate bishop of Rome.
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 Frankish Kings
Clotaire II defeated Brunhilda and her offspring and reunified the kingdom.
Lothar II, the second son, received the Frankish parts of his father's realm, which after him were called Lotharingia.
Charles the Bald claimed Lotharingia at his nephew's death and was crowned king in Metz, but his brother Louis the German opposed his claim and in 870 the Treaty of Meersen divided Lotharingia between the two brothers and subsequently their sons.
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 Arnulf of Metz   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 613, however, with Pippin 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.
Ansegisel married Pippin's daughter, Begga, and the son of this marriage, Pippin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.
Arnulf was canonized and is known as the patron saint of brewing.
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 FRANCIA
This was later viewed as a portent for Frankish greatness, and it was later believed that a vial of oil descended from heaven to anoint and sanctify Clovis as King.
This was the essence of modern totalitarianism, later theoretically formulated by Marx, and it enabled France to wash over her enemies -- all except England, which had had its Revolutions back in the 17th century.
Napoleon, although reconciling with the Pope and supposedly reintroducing some of the limitations on government of traditional society, even marrying a Hapsburg and producing a half-Hapsburg heir (Napoleon II), nevertheless was still ruthless beyond most precedent.
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 Genealogy - The Rulers of France   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Theudebert I, son of Thierri I, died 547, was succeeded by his son:
Sigebert II and Clovis II, sons of Dagobert I: Joint Kings of the Franks, 636-656
Charles IX, son of Henry II: ascended to the throne at the age of 13: King of France, 1560-1574
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 Time1a
- Pepin II (L'Heuristal), Carolingian and Mayor of the Palace, died.
- Harold II (Harald Blaatand) (Harold the Bluetooth), King of Denmark and son of Gorm, born.
- Basil II (the Slayer of the Bulgars), Emperor of Byzantium, born.
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 Descent from Pharamond
In 613, the Austrasian and Burgundian kings, Theudebert II and Theuderic II respectively, had died, and Queen Brunhild had placed the young Sigebert II on the throne of those two kingdoms.
Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II, King of England, who was the great-grandson on William the Conqueror through his mother and the grandson of Fulk V, King of Jerusalem, through his father, Geoffrey Plantagenet.
The intrigues in the life of Dagobert II are amazing; he was assassinated and this event was a betrayal of his ancestor’s pact with the Christian Church.
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 Royalty.nu - Royal History - Empire of the Franks - Merovingian Dynasty
Sigibert was also killed, and King Chlothar II became the sole ruler of the Frankish empire.
Chlothar II and his son Dagobert I maintained control of the empire, but Dagobert's successors were mostly figureheads.
The real power was now held by aristocratic Frankish officials called "mayors of the palace." After 687, the empire was dominated by mayors from the Carolingian dynasty (a name the family was given later because many of its members were named Charles, including the emperor better known as Charlemagne).
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