Childebert III

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Childebert III

.]] Childebert III, called the Just (670 or probably 683 – 23 April 711

711

Events...
), son of Theuderic III

Theuderic III

Theuderic III was the king of Neustria on two occasions and king of Austrasia from 679 to his death in 691. Thus, he was the king of all the Franks from 679....
and Clotilda (or Doda) and sole king of the Franks (695–711), he was seemingly but a puppet of the mayor of the palace, Pepin of Heristal, though his placita show him making judicial decisions of his own will, even against the Arnulfing clan. His nickname has no comprehensible justification except possibly as a result of these judgements, for the Liber Historiae Francorum
Liber Historiae Francorum

Liber historiae Francorum is a book that briefly starts as secondary source for early Franks in the time of Marcomer, and it gives a short breviarum until the time of the late Merovingians, where it becomes an important primary source of the contemporain history....
calls him a "famous man" and "a just man of good memory".

He had a son named Dagobert, who succeeded him, as Dagobert III

Dagobert III

Dagobert III was Merovingian king of the Franks .He was a son of Childebert III and Edonne. He succeeded his father as the head of the three Frankish kingdoms—Neustria and Austrasia, unified since Pippin's victory at Tertry in 687, and the Kingdom of Burgundy—in 711, at the age of twelve....
but his wife was not Edonne, the invention of later fantasists.

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.]] Childebert III, called the Just (670 or probably 683 – 23 April 711

711

Events...
), son of Theuderic III

Theuderic III

Dagobert III

Clotaire IV

Chlothar IV , king of Austrasia , was installed by the mayor of the palace, Charles Martel, as an ally during the civil war that was then raging....
was also his son. He spent almost his entire life in a royal villa on the Oise

Oise

Oise is a departments of France in the north of France named after the Oise River....
.

It was during his reign of sixteen years that, in 708, the bishop of Avranches, Saint Aubert

Saint Aubert

Saint Aubert was bishop of Avranches in the 8th century and is credited with founding Mont Saint Michel.He lived in France during the reign of Childebert III and died in 720....
, founded, at the urging of the Archangel Michael, the monastery

Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
of Mont-Saint-Michel.

Upon his death on April 23, 711, southern Gaul

Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
began to grow independent: Burgundy

Kingdom of Burgundy

Burgundy is a region of Western Europe which has existed as a political entity in a number of forms with very different boundaries. Two of these entities have been called the Kingdom of Burgundy, and a third Kingdom of Burgundy was very nearly created....
under Bishop Savaric of Auxerre

Savaric of Auxerre

Savaric was the Bishop of Auxerre from 710 until his death. A member of high nobility, he was a warrior who held a bishopric. He was the father of Eucherius of Orl?ans, Bishop of Orleans....
, Aquitaine

Aquitaine

Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 26 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain....
under Duke Odo the Great, and Provence

Provence

Provence is a region of southeastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative regions of France of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur....
under Antenor

Antenor of Provence

Antenor was the Count of Provence in the last years of the seventh and first years of the eighth century. He was independent of Arnulfing authority and the representative of the Merovingian sovereign in Provence at a time when Arnulfing power was eclipsing the royal....
. He was buried in the church of St Stephen at Choisy-au-Bac

Choisy-au-Bac

Choisy-au-Bac is a Communes of France in the Oise Departments of France in northern France....
, near Compiègne

Compiègne

Compi?gne is a Communes of France in the Oise Departments of France in northern France.The city is located along the Oise River. Its inhabitants are called Compi?gnois....
.

Childebert III

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