Clovis ii biography
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Clovis II
King of the Franks from to
Clovis II ( &#; ) was King of the Franks in Neustria and Burgundy, having succeeded his father Dagobert I in His brother Sigebert III had been King of Austrasia since He was initially under the regency of his mother Nanthild until her death in her early thirties in Nanthild's death allowed Clovis to fall under the influence of the secular magnates, who reduced the royal power in their own favour; first Aega and then Erchinoald.
Clovis ii biography
The Burgundian mayor of the palaceFlaochad used him to lure his rival, Willebad, to a battle in Autun, in which Willebad was killed.
Background
Clovis married Balthild, an Anglo-Saxon sold into slavery in Gaul.
She had been owned by the Neustrian mayor of the palace, Erchinoald, but then attracted the interest of the king.[2] They had three sons, who all became kings after his death. The eldest, Chlothar, succeeded him and his second eldest, Childeric, was placed on the Austrasian throne and eventuall