Childebert II of the Franks, King of the Franks^[1]

570 - 596  (26 years)

• Name	Childebert II of the Franks
  Suffix	King of the Franks
  Birth	570
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	575
  Death	596
  Notes	Acceded: 575 King of Austrasia and Burgundy. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal11933 http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps04/ps04_481.htm Merovingian king of the eastern Frankish kingdom of Austrasia and later also king of Burgundy. Still very young on the death of his father, Sigebert I, in 575, Childebert was dominated at times by his mother, Brunhild, who was hostile to his uncle, King Chilperic of Soissons. The intervention in 575 of a second uncle, Guntram of Burgundy, to protect Childebert's southern lands against Chilperic was followed two years later by Guntram's adoption of his young nephew as his heir. The Austrasian-Burgundian alliance was briefly broken in 581, when Chilperic too adopted Childebert, but Guntram bought off Childebert by the cession of territory. After Chilperic's death in 584, Childebert, now of age, purged the Austrasian nobility and, in ostensible alliance with the Byzantine emperor, embarked on a series of unsuccessful campaigns against the Lombards of Italy. Settling his differences with Guntram, who again recognized him as heir, he duly took over Burgundy on his uncle's death in 592. Free of Guntram's restraining hand, he immediately attacked Chilperic's young son and successor, Chlotar II, but was defeated. He was succeeded by his two young sons, Theodebert II and Theodoric II. Childebert II had Theodobert II and Theodoric II (who d. 613). He was King of Austrasia, 575, of Burgundy and Orleans, 593-96.
  Person ID	I5797	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Sigebert I of Austrasia, King of Austrasia,   b. 535   d. 575 (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Brunchildis (Brunhildis) of Spain,   b. Abt 540   d. 613, Renève (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	561	Metz, France
  Family ID	F1917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Failende,   b. Abt 565   d. 596 (Age ~ 31 years)
  Children	1. Theudebert II of Austrasia,, King of Austrasia,   b. 586   d. 612 (Age 26 years)   2. Theuderic II of the Franks, King of the Franks   d. 613
  Family ID	F1915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

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  Childebert II King of Austrasia

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).