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Chlothar II was a king of Neustria, a Frankish kingdom in what is now France, during the early medieval period. He is historically significant because he played a major role in the political struggles of the Merovingian dynasty and eventually expanded his power to rule over a much larger Frankish territory.
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Key facts
- Reign
- 584–629
- Predecessor
- Chilperic I
- Successor
- Dagobert I (in Neustria), Charibert II (in Aquitaine)
- Born
- May/June 584
- Died
- 18 October 629 (aged 45)
- Spouses
- Haldetrude Bertrude Sichilde
- Issue
- Charibert II , Dagobert I
- House
- Merovingian
- Father
- Chilperic I
- Mother
- Fredegund
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Spouse
- Sichilde
- Child
- Enimia
- Father
- Chilperic I
- Mother
- Fredegund
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Noble title
- king of Franks
- Image
- Clotaire II Lombards.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Chlothar II
- date of death
- 0629-10-00
- date of birth
- 0584-01-01
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- place of burial
- Royal abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- name in native language
- Chlotarius
- different from
- Chlothar
- has works in the collection
- Archives nationales
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Encyclopedic overview
Chlothar II, sometimes called "the Young" (French: le Jeune), (May/June 584 – 18 October 629) was king of the Franks, ruling Neustria (584–629), Burgundy (613–629) and Austrasia (613–623).
The son of Chilperic I and his third wife, Fredegund, he started his reign as an infant under the regency of his mother, who was in an uneasy alliance with Chlothar's uncle King Guntram of Burgundy, who died in 592. Chlothar took power upon the death of his mother in 597; though rich, his realm was one of the smallest portions of Francia. He continued his mother's feud with Queen Brunhilda with equal viciousness and bloodshed, finally achieving her execution by dismemberment in 613, after winning the battle that enabled Chlothar to unite Francia under his rule. Like his father, he built up his territories by seizing lands after the deaths of other kings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chlothar II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.