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Individual Record for: I DAGOBERT (male)

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bulkeley.txt

Notes:

REFN: 3445
King of Austrasia 623-632
King of the Franks 629-639
In 623, Dagobert's father, Chlotar II, King of the Franks, made him king
of Austrasia toplease the leading Austrasian nobles: Mayor of the Palace
Pepin I and Saint Arnulf, Bishop of Metz.
When Chlotar died in 629, Dagobert became sole King ofthe Franks, and he
moved his capital from Austrasia to Paris. Later, Dagobertleft the
council of Pepin for a more flexible Neustrian Mayor of the Palace.In
632, he was forced to put his three-year old son Sigebert on the throne
of Austrasia as the nobles were in revolt, however Pepin was not made his
Mayor of the Palace.
The Neustrian nobles then wished to unite with Burgundy, and so they
urged Dagobert to put his son Clovis II as king of both those kingdoms,
although he was only 5 years old and could be easily manipulated by the
nobles. When Dagobert died in 639, the nobles of the kingdoms controlled
both his sons, now puppet kings.
Notes Source: bulkeley.txt

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