Dagobert III.

Dagobert III. (* 699 ; † between September 3, 715 and February 29, 716) was the Merovingian Frankish king from 711 until his death.

He was the son of the Frankish king Childebert III. († 711). When he took office (probably in February) 711 Dagobert III. by ripuarischem law still a minor. The real power was in the hands of Pippin the Middle . It was not yet so far that the appointment of a real Merovingian could not be dispensed with. His politically unstable reign was marked by arguments between Plectrudis , Karl Martell and Raganfrid . Dagobert died early; his son Theuderich IV. , to whom the successor was actually due, was passed over, but Chilperic II was appointed.

literature

• Felix Dahn :  Dagobert III, Merovingian Frankish king . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, p. 611 f.
• Felix Dahn: The Great Migration. Kaiser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1997.
• Felix Dahn: The Franks. Emil Vollmer Verlag, Wiesbaden 1999.
• Eugen Ewig : The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire (= Kohlhammer-Urban pocket books. Vol. 392). 4th, supplemented edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 2001, ISBN 3-17-017044-9 .
• Reinhard Schneider : Election and elevation of the king in the early Middle Ages. Investigations into the succession of the Lombards and Merovingians (= monographs on the history of the Middle Ages. Vol. 3). Anton Hirsemann, Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-7772-7203-5 (also: Berlin, Free University, habilitation paper, 1970/1971).
• Karl Ferdinand Werner : The origins of France up to the year 1000 (= dtv 4653 dtv science ). Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-423-04653-8 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Childebert III.	King of the Franks and Burgundians 711–715 / 716	Chilperic II