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Key facts
- Reign
- 694–711
- Predecessor
- Clovis IV
- Successor
- Dagobert III
- Mayor of the palace
- Pepin of Herstal
- Born
- c. 678/679
- Died
- 23 April 711 (aged 32 – 33)
- Issue
- Dagobert III , Chlothar IV (?)
- Dynasty
- Merovingian
- Father
- Theuderic III
- Mother
- Clotilda
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of death
- Saint-Étienne
- Father
- Theuderic III
- Mother
- Clothildis Doda
- Sibling
- Chlothar IV
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Noble title
- king of Franks
- Image
- Childebert III 694 711.jpg
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- Commons category
- Childebert III
- date of death
- 0711-04-14
- date of birth
- 0678-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- place of burial
- Choisy-au-Bac
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Encyclopedic overview
Childebert III (or IV), called the Just (French: le Juste) (c. 678/679 – 23 April 711), was the son of Theuderic III and Chrothildis (or Doda) and sole king of the Franks (694–711). 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, but the Liber Historiae Francorum calls him a "famous man" and "the glorious lord of good memory, Childebert, the just king."
He had a son named Dagobert, who succeeded him, as Dagobert III. His wife was Ermenechildis, also known as Edonne. It is possible, though not likely, that Chlothar IV was also his son. He spent almost his entire life in a royal villa on the Oise.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Childebert III” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.