Dagobert I
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Dagobert I was King of the Franks. He ruled Austrasia and Neustria and Burgundy. He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dynasty to wield real royal power, after which the mayor of t
"Throne of Dagobert", bronze. The base, formed by a curule chair, is traditionally attributed to Dagobert, while the arms and the back of the chair were added under Charles the Bald. This throne was last used by Napoleon I in 1804 when he created the Légion d'Honneur.
Detail of Dagobert's tomb, thirteenth century
Dagobert's tomb at Saint-Denis, remade in the thirteenth century
Sigebert III
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Sigebert III was the Merovingian king of Austrasia from 633 to his death around 656. He was described as the first Merovingian roi fainéant, or "do-nothing king", with the mayor of the palace in fact
Dagobert I
…Austrasia revolted under the mayor of the palace, Pepin of Landen. In 634, Dagobert appeased the rebellious nobles by putting his three-year-old son, Sigebert III, on the throne, thereby ceding royal power in the easternmost of his realms, just as his father had done for him eleven years earlier. In historian Ian…
Sigebert depicted on stained glass window
Baptism of Sigebert. His mother is near him.
Theodebert I 534 548 king of Metz
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