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Theudebert I () ( c. 500 – 547 or 548 ) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia from 533 to his death in 548.
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Byzantine coinage was in use in Francia before Theudebert I began minting his own money at the start of his reign.
* The Franks under king Chlothar I march against the Thuringii with his nephew Theudebert I.
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* Theudebert I succeeds his father Theuderic I and becomes king of Austrasia.
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* Summer – King Theudebert I sends a small Frankish force across the Alps, and defeats the Goths and Byzantines at the River Po.
After relations between the Frankish kings had settled down, Theudebert found himself embroiled in the Gothic War started when the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I attempted to subdue the Ostrogoths in Italy.
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* Theudebert I, 533 – 548
On 6 March 538, he wrote to Bishop Caesarius of Arles concerning the penance of the Austrasian King Theudebert I on account of his marriage with his brother's widow.
The 7th-century Origo Gentis Langobardorum mentions a king of the Thuringii, Fisud, as a contemporary of Theudebert I.
In 531, he marched against the Thuringii with his nephew Theudebert I and in 542, with his brother Childebert I against the Visigoths of Spain.
Theuderic died in 534, but his adult son Theudebert I was capable of defending his inheritance, which formed the largest of the Frankish subkingdoms and the kernel of the later kingdom of Austrasia.
Byzantine coinage was in use in Francia before Theudebert I began minting his own money at the start of his reign.
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Theudebert II () ( 586 – 612 ), King of Austrasia ( 595 – 612 AD ), was the son and heir of Childebert II.
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Theudebald or Theodebald ( in modern English, Theobald ; in French, Thibaud or Théodebald ; in German, Theudowald ) ( c. 535 – 555 ), son of Theudebert I and Deuteria, was the king of Metz, Rheims, or Austrasia — as it's variously called — from 547 or 548 to 555.
However, he routed Theudebert at Toul ( c. 611 ) and later at Tolbiac in 612.
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Evidence for an explicit Frankish overlordship of Kent comes from a letter written by Pope Gregory the Great to Theuderic, king of Orléans, and Theudebert, king of Metz.
Gregory also wrote to the Frankish kings Chlothar II, Theuderic II, Theudebert II, along with Brunhilda of Austrasia, who was Theudebert and Theuderic's grandmother and regent.
* Theudebert II and Theuderic II defeat Clotaire II in battle.
* Theudebert II becomes king of Austrasia.
Early in his reign, he sent his son Theudebert to battle the Scandinavian King Chlochilaich ( Hygelac of Beowulf fame ) who had invaded his realm.
Theudebert defeated and killed Chlochilaich.
Upon his death the throne of Metz, though seemingly up for grabs, passed unhindered to Theudebert.
Most of what we know about Theudebert comes from the Histories or History of the Franks written by Gregory of Tours in the second half of the sixth century.
During his father's reign, the young Theudebert had shown himself to be an able warrior.
Upon his father's death, Theudebert had to fight both his uncles Childebert and Clotaire to inherit his father's kingdom.
In the end, his military prowess persuaded Childebert to abandon the dispute and adopt Theudebert as his heir.
Justinian saw Theudebert as an ideal ally: Austrasian lands flanked the Ostrogoths in northern Italy.
The emperor paid Theudebert handsomely for his assistance, but Theudebert proved an untrustworthy ally.
Theudebert seems to have revelled in his power growing on the European stage.
Since the fall of the Roman Empire, the Frankish kings had always shown a certain deference to the Byzantine Emperor, but Theudebert rejected his status as an inferior leader: for example, he broke imperial custom by minting gold coins containing his own image.
Not surprisingly, perhaps, the Byzantine chronicler Agathias recorded the rumour in Constantinople that the Byzantines suspected Theudebert of planning an invasion of Thrace.
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* Theudebert II, 595 – 612
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