Clovis II
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| Clovis II | |
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Merovingian | |
| Father | Dagobert I |
| Mother | Nanthild |
Clovis II (633 – 657) was
Willebad, to a battle in Autun
, in which Willebad was killed.
Background
Clovis married
Anglo-Saxon sold into slavery in Gaul. She had been owned by the Neustrian mayor of the palace, Erchinoald, but then attracted the interest of the king.[2] They had three sons, who all became kings after his death. The eldest, Chlothar, succeeded him and his second eldest, Childeric, was placed on the Austrasian throne and eventually also succeeded in Neustria. The youngest, Theuderic
, succeeded Childeric in Neustria and eventually became the sole king of the Franks.
Clovis was a minor for almost the whole of his reign. He is sometimes regarded as king of Austrasia during the interval 656–57 when Childebert the Adopted usurped the throne. Grimoald the Elder, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, was captured and later executed in Paris by Clovis II, the king of Neustria, in 657. He is often regarded as an early roi fainéant. Belgian historian Henri Pirenne stated that Clovis "died insane."[3]
Clovis II was buried in Saint Denis Basilica, Paris.
References
- ^ McConville 2018, p. 362.
- ^ "Saint Bathilde". New Advent. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ISBN 978-0486420110. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
Works cited
- McConville, Julia (2018). "Clovis III". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press.
External links
Media related to Clovis II at Wikimedia Commons
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