Name Childebert Adopted Role King | Died 662 AD | |
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Mother Chimnechild (foster mother) Parents Grimoald the Elder, Sigebert III Grandparents Dagobert I, Pepin of Landen, Itta Great-grandparents Chlothar II, Arnoald, Carloman, father of Pippin of Landen, Haldetrude Similar People Childeric II, Dagobert II, Theuderic III, Clovis II, Pepin of Landen | ||
Childebert III the Adopted (Childebertus Adoptivus) was a Frankish king.
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Family
Childebert was a son of the Mayor of the Palace Grimoald the Elder. He was thus a grandson of Pepin of Landen.
He was adopted by King Sigebert III and Queen Chimnechild.
Biography
When Sigebert III died in 656, Grimoald had Sigebert’s biological son Dagobert II shorn of hair and sent him to an Irish monastery and then proclaimed Childebert king of Austrasia.
Grimoald, Childebert and Ansegisel (who had married the daughter of Pepin of Landen) were finally seized and turned over to the king of Neustria, Clovis II, who had them killed. There are two differing accounts of his death, however. Either Clovis and his mayor of the palace, Erchinoald, captured and executed him in 657 or Chlothar III annexed Austrasia in 661, deposing the young usurper and executing them both the next year.
The family reappeared in politics with the rise of Ansegisel’s son, Pepin of Herstal.