Skip to content
Childeric III

File:Beaux-Arts_de_Carcassonne_-_Le_dernier_des_Mérovingiens_-_Evariste-Vital_Luminais_-Joconde_04400000403.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ295157· pop 49· linked from 181 articles

Childeric III

Sign in to save

Also known as Childéric III

King of Francia

OverviewAI-generated

Childeric III was a male monarch of the Merovingian dynasty. He held the position of king of Franks and is identified by the noble title king of Franks. His father was Chilperic II, and he was also related to Theuderic IV. Childeric III was born in either 0714 or 0717 and died in 0754. His name in native language is recorded as Childericus or Childéric.

The individual is described in sources including the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Other
Country
JP

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Key facts

Reign
743–751
Predecessor
Theuderic IV
Successor
Pepin the Short
Born
c. 718/728
Died
c. 754
Issue
Theuderic
Dynasty
Merovingian
Father
Chilperic II or Theuderic IV

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Occupation
monarch
Position held
king of Franks
Noble title
king of Franks
Image
Jean Dassier (1676-1763) - Childéric III roy de France (754).jpg
Show 6 more facts
Commons category
Childeric III
date of birth
0717-01-01
relative
Theuderic IV
date of death
0754-01-01
name in native language
Childéric
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~10 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Childeric III (c. 718/728 – c. 755) was King of the Franks from 743 until he was deposed in 751 by Pepin the Short. He was the last Frankish king from the Merovingian dynasty. Once Childeric was deposed, Pepin became king, initiating the Carolingian dynasty.

Background

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Childeric III” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (3)