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Key facts
- Reign
- 675(–676?)
- Predecessor
- Childeric II
- Successor
- Dagobert II
- Father
- Chlothar III (claimed)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Clovis
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Chlothar III
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Noble title
- king of Franks
- Image
- Portrait Roi de france Clovis IV.jpg
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- Commons category
- Clovis III
- date of death
- 0676-01-01
- date of birth
- 0670-01-01
- relative
- Chlothar III
- name in native language
- Clovis
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Clovis III was the Frankish king of Austrasia in 675 and possibly into 676. A member of the Merovingian dynasty, he was a child and his reign so brief and contested that he may be considered only a pretender. He is sometimes even left unnumbered and Clovis IV is instead called Clovis III. The only source for his reign is the contemporary Suffering of Leudegar.
Following the assassination of Childeric II in 675, the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria accepted different claimants. In Neustria, under the influence of Leudegar, bishop of Autun, Childeric's younger brother Theuderic III was installed as king. In Austrasia, Ebroin, the former mayor of the palace, installed Clovis III with support of a faction of the magnates opposed to the mayoralty of Wulfoald.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clovis III” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.