Childeric III (died about 753), king of the Franks, was the last king of the Merovingian dynasty from 743 to his deposition in 751. Events Synod of Constantinople called by Emperor Constantine V. Samarkand conquered by Arabs. ... The following list of Frankish Kings is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. ... For other uses, see Merovingian (disambiguation). ... Events Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (724-743) succeeded by al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik (743-744). ... Events Pippin the Short is elected as king of the Franks by the Frankish nobility, marking the end of the Merovingian and beginning of the Carolingian dynasty. ...

The throne had been vacant for seven years when the mayors of the palace, Carloman and Pepin the Short, decided in 743 to recognize Childeric as king. Neither his parentage nor his relation to the Merovingian family are known for sure. He may have been the son of Chilperic II. Mayor of the Palace was an early medieval title and office, also known by the Latin name, maior domus or majordomo, used most notably in the Frankish kingdoms in the 7th and 8th centuries. ... Carloman (between 706 and 716[1] – 17 August[2] 754) was the son of Charles Martel, major domo or mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and his wife Chrotrud. ... Pépin le Bref [1] (714 – September 24, 768), often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was the King of the Franks from 751 to 768 and is best known for being the father of Charlemagne, or Charles the Great. ... Events Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (724-743) succeeded by al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik (743-744). ... Chilperic II refers to either: Chilperic II of Neustria and I of Austrasia Chilperic II of the Franks This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The deposition of Childeric III (artist's view 1876)

He took no part in public business, which was directed, as previously, by the mayors of the palace. When, in 747, Carloman retired into a monastery, Pepin resolved to take the royal crown for himself. Pepin sent letters to Pope Zachary, asking whether the title of king belonged to the one who had exercised the power or the one with the royal lineage. The pope responded that the real power should have the royal title as well. In 751, Childeric was dethroned and tonsured, depositus et tonsus, on the orders of Zachary's successor, Stephen II, according to Einhard, quia non erat utilis, "because he was not useful." His long hair was the symbol of his dynasty and thus the royal rights (some say^{[weasel words]} magical powers), by cutting it, they divested him of all royal prerogatives. In 752, he and his son Theuderic were placed in the monastery of Saint-Bertin, though some say^{[weasel words]} he in Saint-Omer and Theuderic in Saint-Wandrille. He died about four years later. Under the Carolingians, he received bad press, being called a rex falsus, false king, despite the fact that it was Pepin who raised him to his throne. Download high resolution version (927x768, 192 KB)The deposition of Childeric III; his hair is cut off to prepare him for the monastery. ... Download high resolution version (927x768, 192 KB)The deposition of Childeric III; his hair is cut off to prepare him for the monastery. ... Events Abu Muslim unites the Abbasid Empire against the Umayyads. ... Pope Saint Zachary (Greek Zacharias), pope (741-752). ... Events Pippin the Short is elected as king of the Franks by the Frankish nobility, marking the end of the Merovingian and beginning of the Carolingian dynasty. ... Tonsure is the practice of some Christian churches of cutting the hair from the scalp of clerics as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem. ... Stephen, elected pope in March of 752 to succeed Pope Zacharias, died of apoplexy three days later, before being consecrated. ... Einhard as scribe Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart) (c. ... Events Pope Stephen II, pope for 3 days in March. ... St. ... Saint-Omer, a town and commune of Artois in northern France, sous-préfecture of the Pas-de-Calais département, 42 miles west-north-west of Lille on the railway to Calais. ... Saint-Wandrille-Rançon is a commune of the Seine-Maritime département, in France. ... Also see: France in the Middle Ages. ...

References

• Junghans, W. Die Geschichte der fränkischen Konige Childerich und Clodovech. Göttingen, 1857.
• Chiflet, J. J., Anastasis Childerici I Francorum regis. Antwerp, 1655.
• Cochet, J. B. D. Le Tombeau de Childeric I, roi des Francs. Paris, 1859.
• Lavisse, E. Histoire de France, Vol. II. Paris, 1903.
• Wallace-Hadrill, J. M., translator. The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar with its Continuations. Greenwood Press: Connecticut, 1960.
• Wallace-Hadrill, J. M. The Long-Haired Kings. London, 1962.
• Einhard. Annales Regni Francorum.

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