 602 - 639 (37 years)
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| Name |
Dagobert I of the Franks de Austrasia |
| Suffix |
King of the Franks |
| Birth |
602 |
France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
623 |
| king of Austrasia |
- king of Austrasia (623-634)
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| Acceded |
629 |
| king of all the Franks |
- king of all the Franks (629-634)
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| Acceded |
629 |
| king of Neustria and Burgundy |
- king of Neustria and Burgundy (629-639).
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| Death |
19 Jan 639 |
Epinary-sur-Seine |
| Notes |
- Acceded: 629
King of Austrasia.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagobert_I
«b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps04/ps04_446.htm«/b»
Frankish king, son and successor of King Clotaire II. His father was forced to appoint Dagobert king of the East Frankish kingdom of Austrasia at the request of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace, and Arnulf, bishop of Metz, who effectively ruled in Austrasia. After Clotaire's death (629) Dagobert reunited Aquitaine with Austrasia and Neustria and became king of all the Franks. He was, however, forced by popular demand to give (634) Austrasia its own king in the person of his son, Sigebert III. The last of the Merovingians to exercise personal rule, he made himself independent of the great nobles, especially of Pepin of Landen. He extended his rule over the Basques and the Bretons. Dagobert's reign was prosperous; he was a patron of learning and the arts. He founded the first great abbey of Saint-Denis, where he is buried.
Dagobert I (died 639), king of the Franks (629-639). He became king of Austrasia in 623, and by 632 he had also brought Bourgogne and Aquitaine under his rule, becoming the most powerful of the Merovingian kings. He made Paris his capital. Dagobert built numerous monasteries and strengthened the royal power.
«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagobert_I«/b»
«b»Dagobert I«/b» (c. 603 \endash «u»19 January «/u» «u»639 «/u») was the king of «u»Austrasia «/u» (623\endash 634), «u»king of all the Franks «/u» (629\endash 634), and king of «u»Neustria «/u» and «u»Burgundy «/u» (629\endash 639). He was the last «u»Merovingian «/u» dynast to wield any real royal power. Dagobert was the first of the French kings to be buried in the royal tombs at «u»Saint Denis Basilica «/u».
«b»Rule in Austrasia
«/b»Dagobert was the eldest son of «u»Chlothar II «/u» and «u»Haldetrude «/u» (575\endash 604). Chlothar II had reigned alone over all the Franks since 613. In 623, Chlothar was forced to make Dagobert king of Austrasia by the nobility of that region, who wanted a king of their own.
When Chlothar II granted Austrasia to Dagobert, he initially excluded «u»Alsace «/u», the «u»Vosges «/u», and the «u»Ardennes «/u», but shortly thereafter the Austrasian nobility forced him to concede these regions to Dagobert. The rule of a Frank from the Austrasian heartland tied Alsace more closely to the Austrasian court. Dagobert created a new duchy (the later «u»Duchy of Alsace «/u») in southwest Austrasia to guard the region from Burgundian or Alemannic encroachments and ambitions. The duchy comprised the Vosges, the «u»Burgundian Gate «/u», and the «u»Transjura «/u». Dagobert made his courtier «u»Gundoin «/u» the first duke of this new polity that was to last until the end of the Merovingian dynasty.
«b»United rule
«/b»On the death of his father in 629, Dagobert inherited the Neustrian and Burgundian kingdoms. His half-brother «u»Charibert «/u», son of «u»Sichilde «/u», claimed Neustria but Dagobert opposed him. «u»Brodulf «/u», the brother of Sichilde, petitioned Dagobert on behalf of his young nephew, but Dagobert assassinated him and gave his younger sibling Aquitaine.
Charibert died in 632 and his son «u»Chilperic «/u» was assassinated on Dagobert's orders. By 632, Dagobert had Burgundy and Aquitaine firmly under his rule, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in many years and the most respected ruler in the West.
In 631, Dagobert led three armies against «u»Samo «/u», the rulers of the «u»Slavs «/u», but his Austrasian forces were defeated at «u»Wogastisburg «/u».
«b»Rule in Neustria, from Paris
«/b»Also in 632, the nobles of Austrasia revolted under the «u»mayor of the palace «/u», «u»Pepin of Landen «/u». In 634, Dagobert appeased the rebellious nobles by putting his three-year-old son, «u»Sigebert III «/u», on the throne, thereby ceding royal power in the easternmost of his realms, just as his father had done for him eleven years earlier.
As king, Dagobert made «u»Paris «/u» his capital. During his reign, he built the «u»Altes Schloss «/u» in «u»Meersburg «/u» (in modern «u»Germany «/u»), which today is the oldest inhabited castle in that country. Devoutly religious, Dagobert was also responsible for the construction of the «u»Saint Denis Basilica «/u», at the site of a «u»Benedictine «/u» monastery in Paris.
Dagobert died in the abbey of Saint-Denis and was the first French king to be buried in the «u»Saint Denis Basilica «/u», «u»Paris «/u».
«b»Legacy
«/b»The pattern of division and assassination which characterise even the strong king Dagobert's reign continued for the next century until «u»Pepin the Short«/u» finally deposed the last Merovingian king in 751, establishing the «u»Carolingian «/u» dynasty. The Merovingian boy-kings remained ineffective rulers who inherited the throne as young children and lived only long enough to produce a male heir or two, while real power lay in the hands of the noble families who exercised «u»feudal «/u» control over most of the land.
Dagobert was immortalized in the song «u»«i»Le bon roi Dagobert «/u»«/i» («i»The Good King Dagobert«/i»), a nursery rhyme featuring exchanges between the king and his chief adviser, «u»Saint Eligius «/u» («i»Eloi«/i» in French). The satirical rhymes place Dagobert in various ridiculous positions from which Eligius' good advice manages to extract him. The text, which probably originated in the 18th century, became extremely popular as an expression of the anti-monarchist sentiment of the «u»French Revolution «/u». Other than placing Dagobert and Eligius in their respective roles, it has no historical accuracy.
In 1984, a 112-minute long French-Italian comedy, «i»Le bon roi Dagobert«/i» («i»Good King Dagobert«/i») was made, based on Dagobert I. The movie is surprisingly realistic in showing the realities of early barbarian France. The soundtrack was composed by Guido and Mauricio De Angelis.
«b»Marriage and issue
«/b»Dagobert was a serial monogamist.
He married «u»Nanthild «/u» and they had the following:
«tab»«u»Clovis II «/u», who inherited the rest of his kingdom at a young age when his father died.
«u»«tab»Regintrud «/u» who married into the Bavarian «u»Agilolfings «/u», either «u»Theodo, Duke of Bavaria «/u» or his son «u»Duke in Salzburg «/u».
He also had a mistress named «u»Ragintrudis «/u» (Ragnetrude) and they had the following:
«tab»«u»Sigebert III «/u»
His other wives were:
«tab» Wulfefundis (Wulfegunde)
«tab»Bertechildis (Berthilde)
«tab»Gomentrude
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I5882 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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| 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).
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