{"slug": "merovingian-dynasty", "label": "Merovingian dynasty", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovingian_dynasty", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59488", "qid": "Q59488", "description": "Frankish aristocratic family that ruled from the 5th century to 751", "entries": 17, "years": 16, "span": [511, 751], "span_label": ["511 CE", "751 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 8}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Merovingian"], "related": [{"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "charles-martel", "label": "Charles Martel", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "venantius-fortunatus", "label": "Venantius Fortunatus", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "chilperic-i", "label": "Chilperic I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "metz", "label": "Metz", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "clovis-i", "label": "Clovis I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chlothar-i", "label": "Chlothar I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "orleans", "label": "Orléans", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "carolingian-dynasty", "label": "Carolingian dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pepin-the-short", "label": "Pepin the Short", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 511, "year_label": "511 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – King Clovis I dies at Paris (Lutetia) at age 45, and is buried in the Abbey of St. Genevieve. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons (Theuderic I, Chlodomer, Childebert I and Chlothar I), who divide the Frankish Kingdom and rule from the capitals at Metz, Orléans, Paris and Soissons, respectively.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364740421#Europe", "title": "511", "revid": 1364740421, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 522, "year_label": "522 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Clodoald, Merovingian prince (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792002#Births", "title": "522", "revid": 1340792002, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 536, "year_label": "536 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Venantius Fortunatus, Merovingian bishop and poet (d. c. 600/609)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362906459#Births", "title": "536", "revid": 1362906459, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 545, "year_label": "545 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Clotilde, Christian wife of Clovis I and ancestress of the succeeding Merovingian dynasty (b.474)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340799600#Deaths", "title": "545", "revid": 1340799600, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 560, "year_label": "560 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Clodoald, Merovingian prince (approximate date) (b. 522)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354969984#Deaths", "title": "560", "revid": 1354969984, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 561, "year_label": "561 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – King Chlothar I (\"the Old\") dies at Compiègne at age 64. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons (Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I), who divide the Frankish Kingdom and rule from the capitals at Paris, Orléans, Reims and Soissons, respectively.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800797#Europe", "title": "561", "revid": 1340800797, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 566, "year_label": "566 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A poet from Italy named Venantius Fortunatus arrives at the Merovingian court at Metz. With a strong grasp of traditional Roman poetry, Fortunatus impresses and entertains the Frankish royalty and aristocracy. The success of a Latin poet in Francia suggests that Roman culture persisted well after the Roman Empire disintegrated in Gaul in the late 5th century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749385#Francia", "title": "566", "revid": 1364749385, "section": "Events › By place › Francia"}}, {"year": 579, "year_label": "579 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Heavy taxes levied by Merovingian king Chilperic I of Neustria produce a revolt at Limoges (central France), as he sells bishoprics to the highest bidder.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073496#Europe", "title": "579", "revid": 1267073496, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 585, "year_label": "585 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gundoald, Merovingian usurper king (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938601#Deaths", "title": "585", "revid": 1365938601, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 585, "year_label": "585 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July", "text": "July – Gundoald, Merovingian usurper king, and his followers are defeated during the siege of Saint-Bertrand. He is executed and Guntram stages a triumphal entry into Orléans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938601#Europe", "title": "585", "revid": 1365938601, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 599, "year_label": "599 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Venantius Fortunatus, Latin poet and hymnodist in the Merovingian court, is appointed bishop of Poitiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752063#Religion", "title": "599", "revid": 1364752063, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 601, "year_label": "601 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Franks, Merovingians and Carolingians successively control most of Europe, while strong feudal lords rise in power to gain the allegiance of the people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364903478#Europe", "title": "601", "revid": 1364903478, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 632, "year_label": "632 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – King Charibert II is assassinated at Blaye (Gironde), (possibly on orders of his half-brother Dagobert I), along with his infant son. Dagobert I claims Aquitaine and Gascony, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in the West.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370178497#Europe", "title": "632", "revid": 1370178497, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 714, "year_label": "714 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – Pepin II (of Herstal), mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). His grandson Theudoald (who at age eight was still well into early childhood) becomes the nominal mayor of the palace, while his wife Plectrude holds actual power and imprisons Pepin's illegitimate son Charles Martel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468088#Europe", "title": "714", "revid": 1364468088, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 721, "year_label": "721 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – King Chilperic II dies at Attigny (Ardennes), after a five-year reign. He is succeeded by Theuderic IV, infant son of Dagobert III, as Merovingian ruler of the Franks, under the control of the mayor of the palace, Charles Martel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808636#Europe", "title": "721", "revid": 1340808636, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 743, "year_label": "743 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Childeric III succeeds to the throne of the Frankish Kingdom as the last Merovingian king, (until his death in 754) following an interregnum of seven years after the throne was left vacant after the death of the previous king Theuderic IV. Power remains firmly in the hands of the major domus, currently Carloman and Pepin the Short.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906425#Europe", "title": "743", "revid": 1364906425, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 751, "year_label": "751 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November", "text": "November – Pepin the Short, youngest son of Charles Martel, forces the last Merovingian king Childeric III to retire to the monastery of Saint-Bertin. He proclaims himself as king of the Franks with the support of Pope Zachary, and is crowned at Soissons by Boniface, bishop of Mainz, becoming, as Pepin III, the first Carolingian monarch of the Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809785#Europe", "title": "751", "revid": 1340809785, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}