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Childebert III the Adopted

king of Austrasia

b. 646 CE – d. 661 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Childebert III the Adopted (Childebertus Adoptivus) is a Frankish King.

When King Sigebert III died in 656, Grimoald the Elder had Sigebert's son Dagobert II shorn of hair and sent to an Irish monastery and then proclaimed his own son king of Austrasia.

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Cite this entry

Moran, J. (2017). Childebert III the Adopted. History Atlas. Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/childebert-iii-the-adopted/

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