Information AboutClovis Ii |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT CLOVIS II | |
| merovingian dynasty | |
| frankish kings | |
| kings of burgundy | |
| 637 births | |
| 650s deaths | |
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Clovis II (also '''Chlodowech''' or '''Chlodwig''', modern French "Louis", modern German "Ludwig") ( 637 - November 27 , 655 or 658 ) succeeded his father Dagobert I in 639 as king of Neustria and Burgundy . His brother Sigebert III had been king of Austrasia since 634 . He was initially under the regency of his mother Nanthild until her untimely death in her early thirties in 642 . This death allowed him to fall under the influence of the secular magnates, who reduced the royal power in their own favour. His wife, Balthild was an Anglo-Saxon aristocrat sold into slavery in France. She bore him three sons who all became kings after his death. The eldest, Clotaire , succeeded him and his second eldest, Childeric , was eventually placed on the Austrasia n throne by Ebroin . The youngest, Theuderic , succeeded Childeric in Neustria and eventually became the sole king of the Franks. He was a minor for almost the whole of his reign. He is sometimes regarded as king of Austrasia during the interval 656 – 657 when Childebert The Adopted had usurped the throne. SEE ALSO
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