(King of the Franks) Childeric III MEROVINGIAN #76654

ABT 717 - ABT 754
TITLE King of the Franks-
BIRTH ABT 717
DEATH ABT 754

Historical Notes

Childeric III (c. 717 - c. 754) was King of the Franks from 743 until he was deposed in 751 by Pepin the Short. He was the last Frankish king from the Merovingian dynasty. Once Childeric was deposed, Pepin became king, initiating the Carolingian dynasty.

Following the reign of Dagobert I (629-634), the power of the Merovingian kings gradually declined into a ceremonial role, while the real power in the Frankish kingdom was increasingly wielded by the mayors of the palace. In 718, Charles Martel combined the roles of mayor of the palace of Neustria and mayor of the palace of Austrasia, consolidating his position as the most powerful man in Francia. After the death of king Theuderic IV in 737, Charles Martel ruled without a king on the throne.

After Charles Martel's death in 741, Carloman and Pepin the Short, his sons by his first wife Rotrude, became co-mayors of the palace. However, they soon faced revolts from their younger half-brother Grifo and their brother-in-law Odilo, Duke of Bavaria. These revolts may have played a part in their decision to fill the throne with a Merovingian king after a six-year vacancy to add legitimacy to their reigns.

Parents

Father : Chilperic II MEROVINGIAN #76647

Family 1

Children

  1.  Theuderic MEROVINGIAN

Lineage 

                                                         _Clovis II MEROVINGIAN ____+
                                                        | (0633 - 0657)             
                             _Childeric II MEROVINGIAN _|
                            | (0653 - 0675)             |
                            |                           |_Balthild of CHELLES ______
                            |                             (0626 - 0679)             
 _Chilperic II MEROVINGIAN _|
| (0672 - 0720)             |
|                           |                            _Sigebert III MEROVINGIAN _+
|                           |                           | (0630 - 0655)             
|                           |_Bilichild of MEROVINGIAN _|
|                             (.... - 0675)             |
|                                                       |_Chimnechild of BURGUNDY __
|                                                         (.... - 0676)             
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|--Childeric III MEROVINGIAN 
|  (0717 - 0754)
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