MEROVINGIAN Dagobert Bobbon

Abt 0610 - 0639  (29 years)

• Name	MEROVINGIAN Dagobert Bobbon
  Birth	Abt 0610	Soissons, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jan 0639	Épinay, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia
  Notes	Disambiguation There was more than one Merovingian King named Dagobert; their relationship was not direct descent, and they are sometimes confused. Dagobert, born 580, died as an infant, 580, Soissons Dagobert, born 610 Soissons, died 19 Jan 639 Dagobert II, born 652, died 23 Dec 679 Dagobert III, born 698, died 31 Dec 715 There are other DAGOBERTS (his grandchildren). There was DAGOBERT II (King of the Franks in Austrasia) but no known issue from him Biography Dagobert I (610/11 – 19 Jan 639 Saint-Denis)[8][1] bur. Saint Denis Basilica[2] Titles 623: King of the Franks: Austrasia [3] King of all the Franks (629–634) king of Neustria and Burgundy (629–639) Parents Father: Clotaire II (Chlotharius) http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEROVINGIANS.htm#_ftnref381][4] Mother: Bertedrude (Bertrada; Berthe)Medieval Lands: Merovingians[4][5] Marriages and Issue 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] (Proven): Chlodovech "Clovis" (633 -Oct/Nov 657) (unproven) Regintrudis (unproven) Irmina - m. Hermann UNKNOWN (unproven) Adela m.3 (bigamy) Wulfegundis ( no date ) [10] m.4 (bigamy) BERTECHILDIS ( no date )[11] Mistress Mistress (630) RAGINTRUDIS UNKNOWN.[9] Issue: 1[12] SIGEBERT (9 Oct 630/19 Jan 631-1 Feb 656), bur Metz, basilique de Saint-Martin. Note on locations 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. Biography of Dagobert I 603 Birth Dagobert, born 610 Soissons, died 19 Jan 639. Probably same Dagobert who was born about 603, the son of Chlothar II and Haldetrude.[13] Parents 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. Marriages Dagobert married an unknown woman and had issue, Theoderich. [12] Dagobert married Gormatrude Nanthild Wulfegundis Berchildis Dagobert had concubine Ragnetrude. The author of the Chronicle of Fredegar criticises the king for his loose morals in having "three queens almost simultaneously, as well as several concubines".[4] The chronicle names the queens, Nanthild and the otherwise obscure Wulfegundis and Berchildis, but none of the concubines, stating that a full list of concubines would be too long.[13] 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] Issue Dagobert had *1* known child -- THEODERICH -- with an unknown woman. 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] 629 Reign 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: the king of Austrasia (623–634), king of all the Franks (629–634), and king of Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). [13] 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] 639 Death 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] --> Sources ↑ Wikipedia dates his birth to c. 603[1] ↑ Medieval Lands: Merovingians ↑ Medieval Lands: Merovingians ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gesta Dagoberti I Regis Francorum 2, MGH SS rer. Merov. II, p. 401 (Cawley, n.d.) ↑ This profile has been edited with regard to parents in accordance with principles established by the European Aristocracy user-group. Medieval genealogy is not an exact science, and digital collaborative genealogy must therefore occasionally make choices where old-fashioned print-scholarship did not have to. The parents (or lack of parents) of the person described in this profile were decided upon in consultation with primary sources especially as collected in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy’s Medieval Lands project. ↑ [2] ↑ [3] ↑ [4] ↑ [5] ↑ [6] ↑ [[7] ↑ Fredegar records the marriage of King Dagobert in the eighth year of his reign to "puella nomen Ragnetrudæ" and the birth of "filium…Sigybertum" in the same year ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 Wikipedia. Dagobert I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagobert_I. Accessed March 23, 2017. jhd
  Person ID	I58162	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	MEROVINGIAN Chlothachar,   b. 0584, Paris, France d. Abt 18 Oct 0629, Church of St Vincent, Paris, France (Age ~ 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	UNKNOWN Beretrudis,   b. 0582, Marne, Aisne, Picardie, France d. 0618, St Pierre, Rouen, France (Age ~ 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 0610
  Family ID	F25943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FRANKS Nantechildis   d. Abt 0645, Landry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
  Marriage	0629	Austrasia
  Children	1. MEROVINGIAN Chlodovech,   b. Abt 0633, Neustria, France d. Nov 0657, Saint-Denis, Aude, France (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026