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See also: 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
.
He was then only five years old, and during his long minority the power was disputed between his See also: mother See also: Brunhilda and the nobles
.
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
.
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
.
By the pact of Andelot in 587 Childebert was recognized as Gontran's 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
.
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
.
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 Franks
.
He died, however, in 595
.
Childebert II. had had relations with the See also: Byzantine See also: empire, and fought in 585 in the name of the emperor See also: Maurice against the See also: Lombards in See also: Italy
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