Dagobert III

Dagobert III (699–715) was Merovingian king of the Franks (711–715).

He was a son of Childebert III. He succeeded his father as the head of the three Frankish kingdomsNeustria and Austrasia, unified since Pippin's victory at Tertry in 687, and the Kingdom of Burgundyin 711, at the age of twelve. Real power, however, still remained with the Mayor of the Palace, Pippin of Herstal, who died in 714. Pippin's death occasioned open conflict between his heirs and the Neustrian nobles who elected the mayors of the palace. As for Dagobert himself, the Liber Historiae Francorum reports he died of illness, but otherwise says nothing about his character or actions.[1]

While attention was focused on combatting the Frisians in the north, areas of southern Gaul began to secede during Dagobert's brief time: Savaric, the fighting bishop of Auxerre, in 714 and 715 subjugated Orléans, Nevers, Avallon, and Tonnerre on his own account, and Eudo in Toulouse and Antenor in Provence were essentially independent magnates.

References

  1. Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, vol. II, pp. 324-326
Dagobert III
Born: 699 Died: 715
Preceded by
Childebert IV
King of the Franks
711715
Succeeded by
Chilperic II
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