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Chlotharius De Neustria, Roi Des Francs II THE YOUNG Sex: Male | | | |  | | Birth Date | 0584 | | Death Date | 0629 | | Father | Chilperic I at Soissons KING OF THE FRANKS | Born: 0539 | Died: 0584 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Chlotharius De Neustria, Roi Des Francs
Notes: | Also Known As: "Lothair Merovingian King of Neustria and King of the Franks", "Lothair he Young\", "Chlotar", "Clothar", "Clotaire", "Chlotochar", "Hlothar", "the Young", "the Great", "(Lotharius II)", "Le Jeune", "Clothaire /Meroving/", "King of All Franks", "King Clotaire I of the /Franks/..."
| | Notes: | Chlothar (or Clotaire, Chlothachar) (584-629), King of Soissons (Neustria) (584), King of Metz (Austrasia) and Orléans (Burgundy), and sole King of the Franks (613-629). He was born shortly after his fathers death in 584 and immediately became King of Soissons. His mother ruled on his behalf until he turned 13, when they took possession of Paris in 597. He was attacked by his cousins Theudebert of Metz and Theuderic of Orléans, but defeated them. His cousins attacked again in 600, and were successful. Chlothar fled, and ultimately retained only 12 districts of his former kingdom, the area between the Oise, the Seine and the Atlantic. In 604, he sent an invasion force under his son Mérovic against Theuderic, but the army was defeated, Theudbert occupied Paris, and Mérovic was captured. Eventually his cousins turned to fighting each other. In 611, he made a pact with Theuderic that he would not give aid to Theudebert. Under the agreement, if Theuderic were to be successful, he would give the duchy of Dentelin to Chlothar. Theuderic defeated Theudebert in 612, and Chlothar occupied the duchy, while Theuderic captured and imprisoned Theudebert, taking his kingdom. The following year, Theuderic died, leaving the two kingdoms to his young son Siegbert II. Later that year, Chlothar had Siegbert II murdered. He annexed the kingdoms of Metz and Orléans, becoming King of the Franks and uniting them for the first time since the death of his grandfather Chlothar I in 561. In 614/15 Chlothar signed the Perpetual Constitution, also called the Edict of Paris, an early Magna Carta. The charter preserved the rights of Frankish nobles and excluded Jews from civil employment. In 617 he canceled the annual tribute paid by the Lombards.
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Chilperic at Soissons I
b.0539
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