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Waldalenus, or Wandalenus (late 6th – early 7th century), dux in the region between the Alps and the Jura, in the Frankish Kingdom of Burgundy, was a Frankish magnate who served as mayor of the Austrasian palace at Metz from 581, during the minority of Childebert II.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Besançon
Place of death
Besançon
Occupation
aristocrat
Position held
Mayor of the Palace
Noble title
duke
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significant person
Childebert II
date of death
0615-01-01
name in native language
Wandelenus
date of birth
0531-01-01
described by source
Historia Francorum
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Waldalenus, or Wandalenus (late 6th – early 7th century), dux in the region between the Alps and the Jura, in the Frankish Kingdom of Burgundy, was a Frankish magnate who served as mayor of the Austrasian palace at Metz from 581, during the minority of Childebert II.

One of his seats of government (palatium) as patricius of Burgundy was at Arlay on the "Salt Road", noted in 597. There his son, Donatus of Luxeuil, would found the Abbey of Saint-Vincent, later destroyed by Otto II of Burgundy.

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