Name Prefix:<NPFX> King
(Research):d. 629, Frankish king, son of Chilperic I and Fr
edegunde . He succeeded (584) his father as king of Neustri
a, but his mother ruled for him until her death (597). In 6
13, after the death of his cousin Theodoric II, king of Aus
trasia , he was called in by Austrasian nobles to assume r
ule. He thus became king of all the Franks. He put Brunhild
a to death, restored peace with the help of the nobility
, and was compelled to grant (614) a charter giving far-rea
ching privileges to nobles and clergy. He was also forced t
o agree that each of the component parts of the Frankish la
nds, Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy, was to have its ow
n mayor of the palace; the mayors of the palace were the ch
ief royal administrators. In 623 he sent his son Dagober
t I to be king of Austrasia. Dagobert later succeeded to a
ll the Frankish lands.