Childebert II
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| Childebert II | |
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King of Burgundy | |
| Reign | 592–596 |
| Predecessor | Guntram |
| Successor | Theuderic II |
| Born | 570 |
| Died | 596 (aged 25–26) |
| Spouses | Faileuba |
| Issue | Theudebert II Theuderic II |
| House | Merovingian |
| Father | Sigebert I |
| Mother | Brunhilda |
Childebert II (c.570–596) was the Merovingian king of
Childhood
Born c. 570,[1] Childebert was the son of Sigebert I and Brunhilda of Austrasia.[2] When his father was assassinated in 575 by two slaves of Queen-consort Fredegund of Soissons,[3] Childebert was taken from Paris by Gundobald (according to one story, after being lowered from a window in a bag by his mother[4]), one of his faithful lords, to Metz (the Austrasian capital), where he was recognized as sovereign. He was then only five years old, and during his long minority the power was disputed between his mother Brunhilda and the nobles, with Brunhilda being dominant until Childebert came of age in 585.[5]
Guntram allied with
Heir, king and war leader
With the assassination of Chilperic in 584 and the dangers occasioned to the French monarchy by the expedition of
With Guntram, he authorized the Irish monk Saint Colomban to found the abbey of Luxeuil and two other monasteries in the heart of the Vosges and to work with his monks in the various missions and foundations in all the Frankish kingdoms.[8]
On the death of Guntram in 592, Childebert annexed the kingdom of Burgundy,[9] and even contemplated seizing Clotaire's estates and becoming sole king of the Franks. However, he and his young wife Faileuba died after being poisoned in 596.[10] He and Faileuba had: the older, Theudebert II,[2] inherited Austrasia with its capital at Metz, and the younger, Theuderic II,[2] received Guntram's former kingdom of Burgundy, with its capital at Orléans.
References
- ^ Murray 2018, p. 320.
- ^ a b c Wood 1994, p. 347.
- ^ a b Van Dam 2005, p. 204.
- ^ Wallace-Hadrill 1958, p. 543.
- ^ Earenfight 2013, p. 57.
- ^ Craft 2013, p. 6.
- ^ Wood 1994, p. 167-168.
- ^ Prieur & Vulliez 1999, p. 19-23, 25-28.
- ^ Wood 1994, p. 130.
- ^ Wood 1994, p. 103.
Sources
- Craft, Brandon Taylor (2013). Queenship, intrigue and blood-feud: deciphering the causes of the Merovingian civil wars, 561–613. Louisiana State University. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- Earenfight, Theresa (2013). Queenship in Medieval Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Murray, A. C. (2018). "Childebert". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Vol. I. Oxford University Press.
- Prieur, Jean; Vulliez, Hyacinthe (1999). Saints et saintes de Savoie (in French). La Fontaine de Siloé. ISBN 978-2842064655.
- Van Dam, Raymond (2005). "Merovingian Gaul and the Frankish conquests". In Fouracre, Paul; Kitterick, Rosamond Mac (eds.). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 1:c. 500 – c. 700. Cambridge University Press.
- Wallace-Hadrill, J. M. (1958). Fredegar and the History of France (PDF).
- Wood, Ian (1994). The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751. Longman.
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