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The Merovingian dynasty (/ ˌ m ɛ r ə ˈ v ɪ n dʒ i ə n /) was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until Pepin the Short in 751. [1] They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gallo-Romans under their rule.
This event launched the 45-year feud which would eventually see Fredegund order the murder of Brunhilda's husband, and even have Brunhilda imprisoned for a time. Even after Fredegund's death in 597, the feud was continued by her son, Chlothar II, who in 613 defeated Brunhilda in battle and had her executed by being pulled apart by four horses.
Merovingian dynasty Early Kings of the Franks (509–613) ... Bertrude, 613: childless 3. Sichilde, 618: 1 son ... (full brother of Eudes)
Under the Merovingian kings, the mayor of the palace (maior palatii or “great man of the palace") was the manager of the household of the Frankish king. The office existed from the sixth century, and during the seventh it evolved into the power behind the throne. [ 1 ]
Of most Merovingian queens almost nothing but the name is known. This list starts from the earliest known queens until the three-way split up of the Frankish Empire in the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Merovingian dynasty (450–751)
The kingdom of Chlothar at the start of his reign (yellow). By 613 he had inherited or conquered all of the coloured portions of the map. The domain of Clothar II was located in the territorial and political framework derived from the Frankish kingdom present at 561 at the death of Clothar, son of Clovis and grandfather of Clothar II.
587–613 King of Burgundy: Chimnechild of Burgundy: Sigebert III c. 630 –656/660 King of Austrasia: Clovis II 637–657/658 King of Neustria and Burgundy: Balthild of Ascania c. 626 –680: Chilperic 630s–632 King of Aquitaine: Ansegisel c. 602/610 – bef.679/662: Begga 615–693: Grimoald the Elder 616–657 Mayor of Austrasia: Sigebert ...
Dagobert I (Latin: Dagobertus; c. 603/605 – 19 January 639) [1] was King of the Franks.He ruled Austrasia (623–634) and Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dynasty to wield real royal power, after which the Mayor of the palace rose as the political and war leader. [2]