Childebert of Franks II

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Birth Notes

B: Abt. 555

Sigbert I Franks

Brunchilde

Chlotar I (The Old) Franks

Radegonde (Ingunde) Thuringian de Ingonde

Athanagild of the Ostrogoths

Galswinthe of the Vandals

Chodoswintha

Ingunda

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.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Maerovaee Franks ^*
  - b.0415 d.0457
  
  Childeric I Franks
  - b.0436 in Westphalia, Germany d.26 Nov 0481
  
  Chlodeswinthe Franks ^*
  - b.0419
  
  Clovis I (The Great) Franks
  - b.0467 in Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, France d.27 Nov 0511 in Saint Pierre Church, France
  
  Basina Thuringia
  - b.0439 d.0470
  
  Chlotar I (The Old) Franks
  - b.0497 in Reims, Neustria d.23 Nov 0561 in Braines, France
  
  Gondioc de Burgundy ^*
  - b.0420
  
  Chilperic II Burgundy
  - b.0445 in Bourgogne, France d.0474
  
  Caratena
  
  Clotilde de Bourgogne
  - b.0475 in Bougogne France d.03 Jun 0548 in Tours, France
  
  Agrippine de Bourgogne
  
  Sigbert I Franks
  - b.0535 in Metz, Austrasia, France d.0577 in Metz, Austrasia, France
  
  Basin Thuringia
  - b.0440 in Thuringia, Germany
  
  Balderic von Thuringia
  
  Radegonde (Ingunde) Thuringian de Ingonde
  - b.0500 in Thuringia, Germany
  
  Childebert of Franks II
  - b.0555 d.0596
  
  King Theodoric (The Brave) of the Visigoths I ^*
  - b.0390 d.24 Jun 0451
  
  King Eorik of the Visigoths
  - b.0420 d.Jul 0484
  
  Amalberge
  - b.0400
  
  King Alaric of the Visigoths II
  - b.0450 in Toledo, Visigothic Empire of Spain d.0507
  
  Ragnachilde Susamunde
  - b.0420
  
  Athanagild of the Ostrogoths
  - b.0522 d.0567
  
  Theudigote
  - b.0472 d.0562
  
  Brunchilde
  - b.0535 d.0613
  
  Gensreic (Spear King) Vandals ^*
  - b.0389 d.25 Jan 0476
  
  Hunneric Vandals
  - b.0440 in Carthage, Africa d.0484 in Carthage, Africa
  
  Licinia Eudoxia ^*
  - b.0422 in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire d.0460
  
  Hoamer Vandals
  - b.0480 d.0530
  
  Flavius Valentinian of Rome III ^*
  - b.02 Jul 0419 in Ravenna, Italy d.16 Mar 0454 in Campus Martius, Rome, Italy
  
  Eudoric Eudoxia Vandais
  - b.0438 d.0480
  
  Licinia Eudoxia ^*
  - b.0422 in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire d.0460
  
  Galswinthe of the Vandals
  - b.0518
  
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