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"Le bon roi Dagobert" (French for "The good king Dagobert") is a French satirical anti-monarchical and anti-clerical song written around 1787. [1] It references two historical figures: the Merovingian king Dagobert I (c. 600–639) and his chief advisor, Saint Eligius (Éloi) (c. 588–660), the bishop of Noyon .
Good King Dagobert (French title: Le Bon Roi Dagobert; in Italian: Dagobert) is a 1984 French-Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring the French comedian Coluche. Its title comes from French "Le bon roi Dagobert" nursery rhyme, [1] [2] and though the cast contains historical characters the plot is fiction.
Dagobert was immortalized in the song Le bon roi Dagobert (The Good King Dagobert), a nursery rhyme featuring exchanges between the king and his chief adviser, Saint Eligius (Eloi in French). The satirical rhymes place Dagobert in various ridiculous positions from which Eligius' good advice manages to extract him.
Le bon roi Dagobert (song) Le bon roi Dagobert (1963 film) , directed by Pierre Chevalier , starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi Le bon roi Dagobert (1984 film) , directed by Dino Risi, starring Coluche and Michel Serrault
In the mid-18th century it was referred to in the 18th stanza of the satirical song Le bon roi Dagobert, as "an old iron chair" (un vieux fauteuil de fer). During the French Revolution it was transferred to the French National Library on 30 September 1791, together with several other precious objects of the treasury of Saint-Denis.
Le bon roi Dagobert dates from around the French Revolution and depicts the monarch as a selfish, absent-minded brat, constantly scolded by his advisor Saint Eligius. [7] The real Dagobert lived a life of debauchery and the song's opening verse, "The good King Dagobert had his pants on inside out", likely alludes to his bevy of mistresses and ...
The song "Le bon roi Dagobert" (song), named after Dagobert I; Dagobert, name of the dog in the French translation of Enid Blyton's The Famous Five books (Timmy in the original) Good King Dagobert, a 1984 French-Italian film directed by Dino Risi; Dagobert is the name of a major character in the epic novel, "The Wandering Jew" by Eugene Sue.
Among his eighteen plays, notable are Le Bon Roi Dagobert (Good King Dagobert) (1908) and Roger Bontemps (1920). His dramatic work has a light and delicate touch displaying deft and precise psychological observation.