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Key facts
- Reign
- 633–656
- Predecessor
- Dagobert I
- Successor
- Childebert the Adopted
- Mayor of the palace
- Grimoald the Elder
- Died
- c. 656 (aged 25 – 26), Metz
- Burial
- Nancy Cathedral
- Spouse
- Chimnechild
- Issue
- Dagobert II , Bilichild , Childebert (adoptive)
- Dynasty
- Merovingian
- Father
- Dagobert I
- Mother
- Ragnétrude
- Religion
- Chalcedonian Christianity , (Sanctified)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Chimnechilde
- Child
- Dagobert II
- Father
- Dagobert I
- Sibling
- Clovis II
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Noble title
- king of Franks
- Image
- Legenda aurea - baptême de Sigebert III.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sigebert III
- date of death
- 0656-02-01
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of birth
- 0630-01-01
- relative
- Childebert the Adopted
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- feast day
- February 1
- name in native language
- Sigibertus
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Encyclopedic overview
Sigebert depicted on stained glass window Sigebert III (c. 630–656) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia from 633 to his death around 656. He was described as the first Merovingian roi fainéant, or "do-nothing king", with the mayor of the palace in fact ruling the kingdom throughout his reign. Nevertheless, Sigebert lived a pious Christian life and was later sanctified, being remembered as Saint Sigebert of Austrasia in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.
Life
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