General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> King
"fell ill near Epernay, and was brought to St. Denis to die
" near his
favorite estate, Clichy
Note:
"fell ill near Epernay, and was brought to St. Denis to die
" near his
favorite estate, Clichy
Burial: St. Denis 
NATI: greatest and last strong Merovingian monarch Meroving
ian
Occupation:
After 614 He continued to act as adviser to King Chlotar I
I, whom he had
helped to the Frankish throne, and was tutor to his son Dag
obert. Arnulf
made further attempts to resign his offices AFT 0614 tuto
r of Dagobert.
(Research):(dag´obûrt) , c.612-c.639, Frankish king, son an
d successor of King Clotaire II. His father was forced to a
ppoint Dagobert king of the East Frankish kingdom of Austra
sia at the request of Pepin of Landen  , mayor of the palac
e, and Arnulf, bishop of Metz, who effectively ruled in Aus
trasia. After Clotaire's death (629) Dagobert reunited Aqui
taine with Austrasia and Neustria and became king of all th
e Franks. He was, however, forced by popular demand to giv
e (634) Austrasia its own king in the person of his son, Si
gebert III. The last of the Merovingians  to exercise perso
nal rule, he made himself independent of the great nobles
, especially of Pepin of Landen. He extended his rule ove
r the Basques and the Bretons. Dagobert's reign was prosper
ous; he was a patron of learning and the arts. He founded t
he first great abbey of Saint-Denis, where he is buried.

--Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition,