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 | | 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. |
 | | 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. |
 | | After Dagobert's brief reign, leaving his lands without a male heir, the lords of the Rhineland divided the territory among themselves, while Pippin II, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia (679-714) dominated Austrasia, and left the throne empty until after the battle of Tertry (687), when he accepted Theuderic III. |
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