Childebert of Franks II 
Childebert was born in 0555.1 Birth Notes
B: Abt. 555
General Notes
Childebert II (570-595), king of Austrasia, was a son of Sigebert I.
When his father was assassinated in 575, Childebert was taken from Paris by Gundobald, one of his faithful leudes, to Metz, 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.
Chilperic, king at Paris, and King Gontran of Burgundy, sought alliance with Childebert, who was adopted by both in turn. But after the assassination of Chilperic in 584, and the dangers occasioned to the Frankish monarchy by the expedition of Gundobald in 585, Childebert threw himself unreservedly into the arms of Gontran.
By the pact of Andelot in 587 Childebert was recognized as Gontran s heir, and with his uncle's help he quelled the revolts of the nobles and succeeded in seizing the castle of Wo wre. Many attempts were made on his life by Fredegond, who was anxious to secure Gontran's inheritance for her son Clotaire II.
On the death of Gontran in 592 Childebert annexed the kingdom of Burgundy, and even contemplated seizing Clotaire's estates and becoming sole king of the Franks. He died, however, in 595. Childebert II had had relations with the Byzantine Empire, and fought in 585 in the name of the emperor Maurice against the Lombards in Italy.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0415 d.0457
- b.0436 in Westphalia, Germany d.26 Nov 0481
- b.0419
- b.0467 in Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, France d.27 Nov 0511 in Saint Pierre Church, France
- b.0439 d.0470
- b.0497 in Reims, Neustria d.23 Nov 0561 in Braines, France
- b.~ 0410 in Bourgogne, France d.~ 0473 in Bourgogne, France
- b.0445 in Bourgogne, France d.0474
- b.~ 0425 in Swabia, Bayern, Germany d.06 Sep 0506 in Bourgogne, France
- b.0475 in Bougogne France d.03 Jun 0548 in Tours, France
- b.0535 in Metz, Austrasia, France d.0577 in Metz, Austrasia, France
- b.0440 in Thuringia, Germany
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- b.0500 in Thuringia, Germany
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- b.0555 d.0596
- b.0390 d.24 Jun 0451
- b.0420 d.Jul 0484
- b.0400
- b.0450 in Toledo, Visigothic Empire of Spain d.0507
- b.0390 d.0445
- b.0420
- b.0398
- b.0522 d.0567
- b.0472 d.0562
- b.0535 in Toledo, Spain d.0618 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, Austrasia
- b.0389 d.25 Jan 0476
- b.0440 in Carthage, Africa d.0484 in Carthage, Africa
- b.0422 in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire d.0460
- b.0480 d.0530
- b.02 Jul 0419 in Ravenna, Italy d.16 Mar 0454 in Campus Martius, Rome, Italy
- b.0438 d.0480
- b.0422 in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire d.0460
- b.0518
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Details of Childebert's family with Failende
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