1 NAME /Chloter/ II
1 DEAT
2 DATE 628
WHWC assumes reign of Neustria in 584, after father is murdered. Assum
es control of all of France and Germany (Gallia and Germania) in 613, ruli
ng as sole King of Franks until 628-9. Includes Burgundy, Orleans, Pari
s, Austrasia, Neustria and Metz.
ohme pp 86, 88 "[CHLOTHAR II] . . . had reunited the Frankish kingdom in 6
13 after torturing to death the dominant figure in Frankish politics for t
wenty years, his aged aunt Brunhild. In 622 Chlothar II made Dagobert ki
ng in Austrasia, the north-eastern portion of the Frankish kingdom, whi
le he himself kept the rest of Gaul under his direct rule, residing in Neu
stria, the region centred on Paris. . . . Clothar II died in 629, and Dag
obert became sole king. . . . Administrators were still largely educat
ed laymen, although from Clothar II onwards there is an increasing cleric
al presence."