Childebert III
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Childebert III, called the Just (French: le Juste) (670 or probably 683 – 23 April 711), son of Theuderic III and Clotilda (or Doda) and sole king of the Franks (695-711), he was seemingly but a puppet of the mayor of the palace, Pepin of Heristal, though his placita show him making judicial decisions of his own will, even against the Arnulfing clan. His nickname has no comprehensible justification except possibly as a result of these judgements, for the Liber Historiae Francorum calls him a "famous man" and "a just man of good memory".
In 697, he married Edonne and, by her, had a son named Dagobert, who succeeded him, as Dagobert III. It is possible, though not likely, that Clotaire IV was also his son. He spent almost his entire life in a royal villa on the Oise.
It was during his reign of sixteen years that, in 708, the bishop of Avranches, Saint Aubert, founded, at the urging of the Archangel Michael, the monastery of Mont-Saint-Michel.
Upon his death on April 23, 711, southern Gaul began to grow independent: Burgundy under Bishop Savaric of Auxerre, Aquitaine under Duke Odo the Great, and Provence under Antenor. He was buried in the church of St Stephen at Choisy-au-Bac, near Compiègne.
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- Franks (main history of Frankish kingdoms)
- List of Frankish Kings
- Merovingians
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| Merovingian Dynasty Born: 670 Died: 711 |
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| Preceded by Clovis IV |
King of the Franks 695–711 |
Succeeded by Dagobert III |
