Childeric information

Childeric I (/ˈkɪldərɪk/; French: Childéric; Latin: Flavius Childericus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hildirīk; died 481 AD) was a Frankish leader in the...

Childeric (also Childerich or Childéric) was the name of several Frankish kings: Childeric I (c.440–481) Childeric II (c.653–673) Childeric III (c.717–754)...

Childeric III (c. 717 – c. 754) was King of the Franks from 743 until he was deposed in 751 by Pepin the Short. He was the last Frankish king from the...

Childeric II (c. 653 – 675) was a King of the Franks. He ruled Austrasia from 662 and Neustria and Burgundy from 673 until his death, making him sole...

north of Paris in modern-day France. His supposed descendants, the kings Childeric I and Clovis I, are the first well-attested Merovingians. He may have...

royalty down to the 19th century. The first well-known Merovingian king was Childeric I (died 481). His son Clovis I (died 511) converted to Nicene Christianity...

of the Lower Rhine in that region. In the middle of the 5th century, Childeric I, a Salian Frankish king, was one of several military leaders commanding...

Merovingians, were named after Childeric's father Merovech, whose birth was associated with supernatural elements. Childeric and Clovis were described as...

721) was king of the Franks from 715 until his death. He was a son of Childeric II and his half-cousin wife, Bilichild. As an infant, he was spirited...

Below are the family trees of all French monarchs, from Childeric I to Napoleon III. For a direct lineage, see Family tree of French monarchs (simplified)...

their reign. In 743, they ended the Frankish Interregnum [fr] by choosing Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, as figurehead King of...

rulers such as Chlodio and Childeric I expanded their rule into what is now northern France. Clovis I, the son of Childeric, unified all Franks after conquering...

their own and, in 662, Chlothar's court sent another son of Clovis II, Childeric II, to be king there. Also during his reign, the mayor of the palace Erchinoald...

first king of what would become France". Clovis succeeded his father, Childeric I, as a king of the Salian Franks in 481, and eventually came to rule...

appointed him King in Neustria in 673 but Childeric II of Austrasia displaced him soon thereafter. After Childeric II was killed in 675, Theuderic II retook...

successors, arranged for Childeric III, the last Merovingian king, to succeed him. Theuderic IV may have been the father of Childeric III, but this remains...

and sanctioned Pepin the Short's usurpation of the Frankish throne from Childeric III. Zachary is regarded as a capable administrator and a skillful and...

Frankish heritage. Representations of bees were 1653 in the grave of Childeric I. They are meant to act as a symbol of France's ideals on immortality...

ascended the throne during the civil war caused by the assassination of Childeric II in 675. During his brief reign he was at war with Neustria, signed...

centred in northern Gaul, and the first king of whom much is known is Childeric I (d. 481). Under his son Clovis I (r. 509–11), the founder of the Merovingian...

eldest, Childeric, was placed on the Austrasian throne and eventually also succeeded in Neustria. The youngest, Theuderic, succeeded Childeric in Neustria...

Civitas Tungrorum, which is now Belgium. Gregory of Tours reported that Childeric I was exiled from Roman Gaul for a period, and during that time he went...

who were internally divided under kings including Childeric. However, it is known that Childeric had previously come to the aid of the Gallo-Romans,...

the St. Albans chronicler Thomas Walsingham in his Ypodigma Neustriae). Childeric I 458–481 Clovis I 481–511 Chlodomer 511–524 Childebert I 511–558 Chlothar...

had seven sons of various women, namely: with Ingund he had Gunthar, Childeric, Charibert, Guntram, Sigebert, and a daughter named Chlothsind; of Aregund...

Gregory of Tours, Aegidius even ruled the Franks during Childeric's banishment, but Childeric later returned from exile. It is possible that the Groans...

Chlodio (5th century) Merovech (c. 450–457), perhaps a son of Chlodio Childeric I (c. 457–481), son of Merovech Clovis I (c. 481–511), the first Merovingian...

Childeric II, which ended in 670. Even after Childeric achieved his majority, Wulfoald held significant power, with many historians seeing Childeric as...