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Key facts
- Reign
- 575–596
- Predecessor
- Sigebert I
- Successor
- Theudebert II
- Died
- 596 (aged 25 – 26)
- Spouses
- Faileuba
- Issue
- Theudebert II , Theuderic II
- House
- Merovingian
- Father
- Sigebert I
- Mother
- Brunhilda
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Spouse
- Faileuba
- Father
- Sigebert I
- Mother
- Brunhilda of Austrasia
- Sibling
- Chlodosind
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Noble title
- king of Franks
- Image
- Gontran devant Childebert II.jpg
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- Commons category
- Childebert II
- date of birth
- 0570-04-06
- date of death
- 0596-03-00
- name in native language
- Childebert II
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- cause of death
- intoxication
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Childebert II (c. 570 – 596) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia (which included Provence at the time) from 575 until his death in March 596, and the king of Burgundy from 592 to his death, as the adopted son of his uncle Guntram.
Childhood
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Childebert II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.