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King Chlothar II Of THE FRANKS

King Chlothar II Of THE FRANKS[1]

Male 584 - 629  (~ 45 years)

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  • Name Chlothar II Of THE FRANKS 
    Prefix King 
    Born May 584  10th King Of Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID GJTW-GC6 
    _UID E14946E0C62E485FBC11335B56BB8A3D1E1E 
    Died 18 Oct 629  Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I28670  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2022 

    Father King Chilperic I (King Of Neustrie) FRANCS,   b. 536, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 584, Chelles, Neustria, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Fredegonda De Camberic ARDENNES,   b. 545, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 597, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Family ID F4330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hadeltrude,   b. 585,   d. 604  (Age 19 years) 
    Married Bef 600 
    Children 
     1. Emma Of Clothaire II,   b. 600,   d. 622  (Age 22 years)
     2. King Dagobert I of AUSTRASIA,   b. 604, Soissons, ons, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 639, Epinay-Sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, ?le-DE-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F4333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Bertrude De Burgundie BURGUNDY,   b. 582, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 618, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 603  His 2ND Marriage Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charibert II (King Of The Aquitaine - 629-632),   b. 604, Neustria, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 631-632, Blaye, Gironde, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F12505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Clothaire II King of the Franks
    Clothaire II King of the Franks

  • Notes 
    • King of Newustria, KING OF SOISSONS, King of France

      Upon Clotaire's birth, his mother had his father assassinated and ruled Neustrie in his name. He became King of Soissons in 584, and was sole King of the Franks in 613. He had his aunt Brunehaut (sister of hisfather's second wife) killed. In the year 596, through his mother Fredegonde, Clotaire II's territories were extended in the East. In 599, King Theodebert II of Austrasia and King Thierry II of Burgundy joinedforces to take revenge upon Clotaire II. The Army of Neustria is beatten and the entire valley of the Seine is devastated. As a result, ThierryII's territory increased by taking away from Clotaire II, the lands between the Seine and the Loire. Theodebert II takes the lands of the Duchy of Dentelin. In 604, the Mayor of the Palace, Bertaut arouses the subjects against the King of Burgundy and they call on Clotaire II for help. On Christmas Day, 604, Clotaire rushes to their aid and crosses the Seine and pushes all to way to Orleans. On his return, he encounters an Army of Bourgogne, and is defeated at Etampes at which battle Bertaut is killed. Because Theodebert had not intervened, actually he had made peace in Compiegne with Clotaire II, Thierry II took offense and the two brothers became less than thrilled with each other. Brunehaut, unhappy with Theodebert, names as next Mayor of the Palace a Gallo-Roman named Protadius. In 607, she pushed Thierry II to take up arms against his brother. During the battle, Protadius is killed and the two brothers make peace, humiliating their mother, Brunehaut. By 612, the brothers again were at war and Thierry II purchases Clotaire's neutrality by offering him the Duchy of Dentelin. In 613 Clotaire II invades Austrasia upon the death of Thierry II, kills two of Thierry's sons [the other twodisappear] , and has Brunehaut killed after the lords of Burgundy seizeher and give her to him. At her "trial" Clotaire II had accused Brunehaut of having caused the death of ten frankish Kings:
      1. Sigebert her first spouse, who was assassinated [though through nofault of Brunehaut] ;
      2. Merovee, the son of Chilperic I [who was actually assassinated on theorders of Fredegonde] ;
      3. Chilperic [killed in 584, and through no part from Brunehaut] ;
      4. Theodebert II
      5. of his son Clotaire [it is possible that Brunehaut had Cloraireassassinated after he deserted her] ;
      6. Merovee, son of Clotaire II [highly doubtful that Brunehaut had a partin this murder] ;
      7. Thierry II and his three sons [Thierry died of dysentery, and 8-10.his three sons were massacred on the order of Clotaire II himself]. For3 days, Clotaire II personally tortures Brunehaut, then he parades hertied cross-wise to the back of a camel in front of his entire assembledarmy. Finally, he had her hair, and limbs tied to a wild horse which wasallowed to run within a confined space while being beaten, therebyecausing every limb to be broken and shortly thereafter she died at age 60to 65. At this time, Clotaire II becomes the only surviving descendant ofthe sons of Clovis. He governs the Frankish Kingdom from the Pyrenees tothe Rhine and beyond all the way to the Elbe, and the germanic peoplesmust pay him tribute. However, his power is limitted as in each of thethree ancient kingdoms [Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy] the Major Domus[Mayor of the Palace] becomes progressively more important. Submitting tothe pressure of these mayors, Clotaire, Clotaire II on 23 January 623makes his son Dagobert, King of occidental Austrasia [West of the Vosgesand the Ardennes] as well as of Aquitaine. Again under pressure, in 626,Clotaire gives Dagobert Gomatrude [his wife's sister] as spouse. Threedays after the wedding, Dagobert claims all of Austrasia was his, butClotaire keeps control over Provence and Aquitaine. Married before 603:Bertrude . Married before 604: Haldetrude ; Haldetrude was one of threewives.

      King of Soissons 584-613 & King of the Franks 613-629 - When his father,King Chilperic I of Soissons died in 584, Chlotar was not yet even born.Until 597, his kingdom was administered by his mother, Queen Fredegund,but when she died that year he bagan to rule for himself, now 13 yearsold. In 613, the Austrasian and Burgundian kings, Theudebert II andTheuderic II respectively, had died, and Queen Brunhild had placed theyoung Sigebert II on the throne of those two kingdoms. That year, the 29year old Chlotar had Sigebert and Brunhild killed, and became the firstking of all the Franks since his grandfather Chlotar I died in 561. In615, Chlotar passed the Edict of Paris, a sort of French Magna Carta thatgreatly pleased the nobles across the kingdom. In 623, he gave thekingdom of Austrasia to his young son Dagobert I, which was a politicalmove giving Pepin I, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, and Bishop Arnulfof Metz, the two leading Austrasian nobles, semi-autonomy for theirloyalty to Chlotar. In 629, Chlotar died and Dagobert became sole king,moving his capital from Austrasia to Paris.

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.