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There was more than one Merovingian King named Dagobert; their relationship was not direct descent, and they are sometimes confused.
There are other DAGOBERTS (his grandchildren). There was DAGOBERT II (King of the Franks in Austrasia) but no known issue from him
Dagobert I (610/11 – 19 Jan 639 Saint-Denis)[8][1]
bur. Saint Denis Basilica[2]
Father: Clotaire II (Chlotharius) http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEROVINGIANS.htm#_ftnref381][4]
Mother: Bertedrude (Bertrada; Berthe)Medieval Lands: Merovingians[4][5]
m.#1 (626 Clichy or Reuilly - abt.629/30 repudiated) Gomatrudis (p. unknown; sister: Queen Sichildis). No issue.[6]
m#2 (629/30) Nantechildis (d. 645) [7].
Issue: 4. [8] [9]
m.3 (bigamy) Wulfegundis ( no date ) [10]
m.4 (bigamy) BERTECHILDIS ( no date )[11]
What is the source for his birth location being Soissons?
He made his testament in Epinay-sur-Seine (know as Spinogelo, Spinogilium or Ipinacum between the VIIth and IXth centuries), and was buried at Saint-Denis, his exact place of death is not known.
Neustria and Austrasia are more period-correct than France, but the frontier between the two entities is hard to trace.
Father: Childebert III, King of the Franks (d. 14 Apr 711)[10]
Mother: Ermenechildis UNKNOWN[11] Parents chosen by principles of the European Aristocracts project, using primary sources, especially collected by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy’s Medieval Lands project.
Dagobert was the eldest son of Chlothar II and Haldetrude (575–604). Chlothar had reigned alone over all the Franks since 613.
In 625/6 Dagobert married Gormatrude, a sister of his father's wife Sichilde; but the marriage was childless. After divorcing Gormatrude in 629/30 he made Nanthild, a Saxon servant (puella) from his personal entourage, his new queen.[5] She gave birth to: Clovis II (b. 634/5) later king of Neustria and Burgundy.[13]
Shortly after his marriage to Nanthild, he took a girl called Ragnetrude to his bed, who gave birth to his youngest son: Sigebert III (b. 630/1) later king of Austrasia.[13]
It has been speculated that Regintrud, abbess of Nonnberg Abbey, was also a child of Dagobert, although this theory does not fit Regintrud's supposed date of birth between 660 and 665. She married into the Bavarian Agilolfing family (either Theodo, Duke of Bavaria or his son Duke in Salzburg). Coinage and treasures under Dagobert[edit][13]
Dagobert I was King of the Franks from 629–634, preceded by Chlothar II and followed by Theuderic III [13]
Dagobert I (Latin: Dagobertus; c. 603 – 19 January 639 AD) was:
He was the last king of the Merovingian dynasty to wield any real royal power.[1] [13]
In 623, Chlothar was forced to make Dagobert king of Austrasia by the nobility of that region, who wanted a king of their own.[13]
When Chlothar granted Austrasia to Dagobert, he initially excluded Alsace, the Vosges, and the Ardennes, but shortly thereafter the Austrasian nobility forced him to concede these regions to Dagobert. [13]
The rule of a Frank from the Austrasian heartland tied Alsace more closely to the Austrasian court. [13]
Dagobert created a new duchy (the later Duchy of Alsace) in southwest Austrasia to guard the region from Burgundian or Alemannic encroachments and ambitions. [13]
The duchy comprised the Vosges, the Burgundian Gate, and the Transjura. Dagobert made his courtier Gundoin the first duke of this new polity that was to last until the end of the Merovingian dynasty.[13]
Upon the death of his father in 629, Dagobert inherited the Neustrian and Burgundian kingdoms. His half-brother Charibert, son of Sichilde, claimed Neustria but Dagobert opposed him. [13]
Brodulf, brother of Sichilde, petitioned Dagobert on behalf of his young nephew, but Dagobert assassinated him and gave the Aquitaine to his own younger sibling.[who?][citation needed][13]
Charibert and his son Chilperic were assassinated in 632. [13]
Dagobert had Burgundy and Aquitaine firmly under his rule, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in many years and the most respected ruler in the West. [13]
In 631, Dagobert led three armies against Samo, the ruler of the Slavs, but his Austrasian forces were defeated at Wogastisburg.[citation needed][13]
Also in 632, the nobles of Austrasia revolted under the mayor of the palace, Pepin of Landen. [13]
In 634,aged 31, Dagobert appeased the rebellious nobles by putting his three-year-old son, Sigebert III, on the throne, thereby ceding royal power in the easternmost of his realms, just as his father had done for him eleven years earlier.[13]
As king, Dagobert made Paris his capital. During his reign, he built the Altes Schloss in Meersburg (in modern Germany), which today is the oldest inhabited castle in that country. Devoutly religious, Dagobert was also responsible for the construction of the Saint Denis Basilica, at the site of a Benedictine monastery in Paris. He also appointed St. Arbogast bishop of Strasbourg.[3][13]
He died 19 January 639 in Épinay-sur-Seine and is buried at the Saint Denis Basilica in Paris[13]
Dagobert was the first of the Frankish kings to be buried in the royal tombs at Saint Denis Basilica.[2][13]
Dagobert died in the abbey of Saint-Denis and was the first Frankish king to be buried in the Saint Denis Basilica, Paris.[13]
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