See also:

• CLOTAIRE (CHLOTIIACHAR)

CLOTAIRE II  . (d . 629) was the son of See also:

• CHILPERIC

Chilperic I . On the assassination of his See also:

• FATHER

father in 584 he was still in his See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle . He was, however, recognized as 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, thanks to the devotion of his See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• FREDEGOND (Fredigundis) (d. 597)

Fredegond and the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle Gontran, king of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy . It was not until after the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin See also:

• CHILDEBERT

Childebert II. in 595 that See also:

• CLOTAIRE (CHLOTIIACHAR)

Clotaire took any active See also:

• PART

part in affairs . He then endeavoured to enlarge his estates at the expense of Childebert's sons, Theodebert, king of See also:

• AUSTRASIA

Austrasia, and Theuderich II., king of Burgundy; but after gaining a victory at Laffaux (597), he was defeated at Dormelles (600), and lost part of his See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom . After the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between Theodebert and Theuderich and their subsequent death, the nobles of Austrasia and Burgundy appealed to Clotaire, who, after putting See also:

• BRUNHILDA (Brunechildis)

Brunhilda to death, became See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the whole of the Frankish kingdom (613) . He was obliged, however, to make See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• CON

con-cessions to the See also:

• ARISTOCRACY (Gr. apuvror, best; «paria, government)

aristocracy, to whom he owed his victory . By the constitution of the 18th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 614 he gave legal force to canons which had been voted some days previously by a See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council convened at 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, but not without attempting to modify them by numerous restrictions . He extended the competence of the ecclesiastical tribunals, suppressed unjust taxes and undertook to select the See also:

• COUNTS

counts from the districts they had to administer . In 623 he made his son Dagobert king of the Austrasians, and gradually subdued all the provinces that had formerly belonged to Childebert II .

He also guaranteed a certain measure of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence to the nobles of Burgundy, giving them the See also:

• OPTION (Lat. optio, choice, choosing, optare, to choose)

option of having a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of the See also:

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

palace, or of dispensing with that officer . These concessions procured him a reign of See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative tranquillity . He died on the 18th of October 629, and was buried at Paris in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent, afterwards known as St Germain See also:

• DES

des Pres .