See also:CHILDEBERT II
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(570---595), See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
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king of See also:Austrasia, was a son of See also:Sigebert
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When his See also:father was assassinated in 575, See also:Childebert was taken from See also:Paris by Gundobald, one of his faithful leudes, to See also:Metz, where he was recognized as See also:sovereign
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He was then only five years old, and during his See also:long minority the See also:power was disputed between his See also:mother See also:Brunhilda and the nobles
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See also:Chilperic, king at Paris, and King Gontran of See also:Burgundy, sought See also:alliance with Childebert, who was adopted by both in turn
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But after the assassination of Chilperic in 584, and the dangers occasioned to the Frankish See also:monarchy by the expedition of Gundobald in 585, Childebert threw himself unreservedly into the arms of Gontran
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By the pact of Andelot in 587 Childebert was recognized as Gontran's See also:heir, and with his See also:uncle's help he quelled the revolts of the nobles and succeeded in seizing the See also:castle of Woewre
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Many attempts were made on his See also:life by See also:Fredegond, who was anxious to secure Gontran's See also:inheritance for her son See also:Clotaire II
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On the See also:death of Gontran in 592 Childebert annexed the See also:kingdom of Burgundy, and even contemplated seizing Clotaire's estates and becoming See also:sole king of the See also:Franks
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He died, however, in 595
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Childebert II. had had relations with the See also:Byzantine See also:empire, and fought in 585 in the name of the See also:emperor See also:Maurice against the See also:Lombards in See also:Italy
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