List of Frankish Kings - Merovingian Kings of The Franks

Merovingian Kings of The Franks

Image	Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Reign	Relationship with predecessor
All the Franks
	Clovis I	c. 466	27 November 511	509–511 (481–511)	N/A

Clovis I united all the Frankish petty kingdoms as well as most of Roman Gaul under his rule, conquering the Domain of Soissons of the Roman general Syagrius as well as the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse. He took his seat at Paris, which along with Soissons, Reims, Metz, and Orléans became the chief residences. Upon his death, the kingdom was split among his four sons:

Picture	Name	Picture	Name	Picture	Name	Picture	Name
Soissons		Paris		Orléans		Reims
	Chlothar I 511–561 (Clotaire r. 511–558) (Neustria)		Childebert I 511–558 (Neustria)		Chlodomer 511–524 (Neustria)		Theuderic I (Thierry I r. 511-534) (Austrasia) 511–534
							Theuderic I (Thierry I r. 511-534) (Austrasia) 511–534
							Theudebert I 534–548 (Austrasia)
							Theudebald 548–555 (Austrasia)

Chlothar I eventually (558-561) inherited all of the Frankish kingdoms after the deaths of his brothers or their successors. After his own death, the kingdom was once again split among his four sons:

Picture	Name	Picture	Name	Picture	Name	Picture	Name
Soissons (eventually Neustria)		Paris		Orléans (eventually Burgundy)		Reims and Metz (eventually Austrasia)
	Chilperic I 561–584 (Neustria)		Charibert I 561–567 (Caribert r. 561–593) (Neustria)		Guntram 561–592 (Gontran r. 561–570) (Neustria)		Sigebert I 561–575 (Austrasia)
							Sigebert I 561–575 (Austrasia)
							Childebert II 575–595
	Chlothar II 584–629 (Clotaire II, son of Chilperic, r. 584-628)

					Theuderic II 595–613	-	Theudebert II 595–612
					Theuderic II 595–613
				-	Sigebert II 613

							Dagobert I 623–629 (r. 628–638)

Chlothar II defeated Brunhilda and her grandson, reunifying the kingdom. However, in 623, in order to appease particularistic forces and also to secure the borders, he gave the Austrasians his young son as their own king. His son and successor, Dagobert I, emulated this move by appointing a sub-king for Aquitaine, with a seat at Toulouse, in 629 and Austrasia in 634.

Picture	Name	Picture	Name
Neustria, Austrasia & Burgundy		Aquitaine
	Dagobert I 629–634		Charibert II 629–632
			Chilperic 632

Picture	Name	Picture	Name
Neustria and Burgundy		Austrasia
	Dagobert I 634–639		Sigebert III 634–656/660
	Clovis II 639–655		Sigebert III 634–656/660
	Chlothar III 655–673	-	Childebert the Adopted 656–661

			Childeric II 662–675
	Theuderic III 673
	Childeric II 673–675
	Theuderic III 675–691
			Clovis III 675–676
			Dagobert II 676–679

Theuderic III was recognized as king of all the Franks in 679. From then on, the kingdom of the Franks can be treated as a unity again for all but a very brief period of civil war.

Image	Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Reign	Relationship with predecessor
	Theuderic III	c. 654	12 April 691	679–691	N/A
	Clovis IV	c. 678	c. 695	691–695	son of
	Childebert III	c. 670/683	23 April 711	695–711	brother of
	Dagobert III	c. 699	31 December 715	711–715	brother of
	Chilperic II	c. 672	13 February 721	715–720	first cousin once removed of
	Chlothar IV	?	c. 719	717–718	relative of
	Theuderic IV	c. 712	16 March/30 April 737	720–737	son of Dagobert III
interregnum 737–743
	Childeric III	c. 717	c. 754	743–752	relative of

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