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Chlothar III
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Key facts
- Reign
- 657–673
- Predecessor
- Clovis II
- Successor
- Theuderic III
- Died
- 673 (aged 20 – 21)
- Burial
- Saint Denis Basilica , Paris
- Issue
- Clovis III ?
- Dynasty
- Merovingian
- Father
- Clovis II
- Mother
- Balthild
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Child
- Clovis III
- Father
- Clovis II
- Mother
- Balthild
- Sibling
- Childeric II
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Noble title
- king of Franks
- Image
- Portrait Roi de france Clotaire III.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chlothar III
- date of birth
- 0650-01-01
- date of death
- 0673-01-01
- cause of death
- plague
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- place of burial
- Basilica of Saint-Denis
- different from
- Chlothar
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Chlothar III (also spelled Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar; 652–673) was King of the Franks, ruling in Neustria and Burgundy from 657 to his death. He also briefly ruled Austrasia.
He was the eldest son of King Clovis II, and his queen Balthild and succeeded his father under the regency of his mother. Only a month beforehand, according to the near-contemporary Life of Eligius by the courtier Audoin (bishop) of Rouen, Saint Eligius had prophesied the death of Clovis, Balthild's downfall, and Chlothar's short reign.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chlothar III” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.