CHILDERIC III  . (d. c . 751), 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)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks, was the last king of the Merovingian See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty . The See also:

• THRONE

throne had been vacant for seven years when the mayors of the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, See also:

• CARLOMAN
• CARLOMAN (751-771)
• CARLOMAN (828-88o)
• CARLOMAN (d. 754)
• CARLOMAN (d. 884)

Carloman and See also:

• PIPPIN, or PEPIN

Pippin the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short, decided in 743 to recognize Childeric as king . We cannot say whose son he was, or what bonds See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound him to the Merovingian See also:

• FAMILY

family . He took no See also:

• PART

part in public business, which was directed, as before, by the mayors of the palace, When in 747 Carloman retired into a monastery, Pippin resolved to take the royal See also:

• CROWN

crown for himself; taking the decisive step in 751 after having received the celebrated See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer of See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• ZACHARIAS, ST

Zacharias that it were better to name king him who possessed the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power than him who possessed it not . Childeric was dethroned and placed in the monastery of St Omer; his son, Theuderich, was imprisoned at See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-Wandrille . See W . Junghans, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Geschichte der frankischen Konige Childerich and Clodovech (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1857) ; J . J . Chiflet, Anastasis Childerici I . Francorum regis (See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp, 1655) ; J .

B . D . Cochet, Le Tombeau de Childeric I, roi See also:

• DES

des Francs (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1859) ; and E . See also:

• LAVISSE, ERNEST (1842– )

Lavisse . Histoire de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, tome ii . (Paris, 1903) .