Theuderic III.

Theuderic III. (* probably 653 ; † between September 2, 690 and April 12, 691) was 673 and 675 to 691 King of Neustria and Burgundy and from 679 also King of Austrasia . Through this further appointment he was king of all Franks . He comes from the Merovingian family .

Life

Theuderich was the second son of Clovis II from his second marriage to Bathilde and the brother of his predecessor in Neustria and Burgundy , Chlothar III.

Theuderich was proclaimed king in 673 by his caretaker Ebroin , was defeated by his brother Childerich II from Austrasia , was sheared and exiled to the Abbey of Saint-Denis . After Childerich's death in 675 he was reinstated, but the rulership was held by the Hausmeier. After the death of Dagobert II of Austrasia and Ebroins, the whole Franconian Empire was reunited under a single ruler under Theuderic for the first time in a long time . In the battle of Tertry , the Australian caretaker Pippin was victorious, making him a caretaker of all parts of the empire and, as princeps francorum, he became the most powerful man. He took Theuderic into a kind of hostage, but retained the Merovingian kingship for the sake of form. Theuderich lived meaninglessly in Neustria until the end of his life. He was buried in Arras in the Saint-Vaast church. He was succeeded as king by his eldest son, Clovis III.

Marriages and offspring

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  • Crotlinden * 670
  • Clovis of Austrasia (ancestry uncertain) * 670
• Amalberga , who may be identical to Amalberga von Maubeuge , married around 673
  • Bertrada the Elder * 676 † after 721 great-grandmother of Charlemagne ( Carolingian ) (descent uncertain)
• Chrodechild , married around 677
  • Clovis III * 677
  • Childebert III. * 678
  • Chlothar IV. (Descent uncertain)

literature

• Dieter R. Bauer , Rudolf Hiestand , Brigitte Kasten , Sönke Lorenz (eds.): Monasticism - Church - Reign 750–1000. (Josef Semmler on his 65th birthday). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1998, ISBN 3-7995-7140-X .
• Eugen Ewig : The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire (= Kohlhammer-Urban pocket books. Vol. 392). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1993, ISBN 3-17-012557-5 ( Urban pocket books 392).
• Pierre Riché : The Carolingians. One family forms Europe (= dtv 4559). 2nd Edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-423-04559-0 .
• Rudolf Schieffer : The Karolinger (= Kohlhammer Urban pocket books. Vol. 411). 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1997, ISBN 3-17-014584-3 .
• Josef Semmler : Late Merovingian rulers. Theuderic III. and Dagobert II. In: German Archive for Research into the Middle Ages . Vol. 55, 1999, pp. 1-28, ( digitized ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Chlothar III.	King of Neustria, King of Burgundy 673	Childeric II.
Childeric II.	King of Neustria, King of Burgundy 675–691	Clovis III
Dagobert II.	King of Austrasia 679–691	Clovis III