Theudebert II (586-612), king of Austrasia (595-612), was the son and heir of Childebert II. He received the kingdom of Austrasia at the death of his father in 595, but was dominated by his grandmother Brunhilda, whom he succeeded in driving away in 599. With his brother Theuderic II he resumed the fight against the kingdom of Neustria and defeated Clotaire II, thereby laying his hands on a great portion of his land (600-604). At this point, however, the two brothers took up arms against each other; Theudebert II was defeated at Toul and at Tolbiac in 612. He was locked up in a monastery at the order of his grandmother Brunehaut, and assassinated with his son Mérovée. Events Reccared succeeds his father Leovigild as king of the Visigoths. ... Events Saint Columbanus moves to Italy to establish the monastery of Bobbio (approximate date). ... Austrasia & Neustria Austrasia was the northeastern portion of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, comprising parts of what are now eastern France, western Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. ... Events The first mention of the state of Karantania on monuments. ... Events Saint Columbanus moves to Italy to establish the monastery of Bobbio (approximate date). ... Childebert II (570-595), king of Austrasia, was a son of Sigebert I. When his father was assassinated in 575, Childebert was taken from Paris by Gundobald, one of his faithful leudes, to Metz, where he was recognized as sovereign. ... Brunhilda (in German) or Brunehaut (in French) (534-613) was a Frankish queen who ruled the East Frankish kindoms of Austrasia and Burgundy in the names of her sons and grandsons. ... Events The Chinese win the war at Ordos. ... Theuderic II (587-613), king of Burgundy (595-613) and Austrasia (612-613), was the second son of Childebert II. At his fathers death in 595, he received the kingdoms of Orleans and Burgundy. ... Neustria & Austrasia The territory of Neustria originated in A.D. 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the northern seacoast approximating most of the north of present-day France. ... Clotaire II (584-629) was not yet born when his father, King Chilperic I died in 584, although he was born later that year. ... For other uses, see number 600. ... Events Saint Laurence becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. ... Toul is a historic fortified town of France, a sous-préfecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département. ...

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Childebert II (570-595), king of Austrasia, was a son of Sigebert I. When his father was assassinated in 575, Childebert was taken from Paris by Gundobald, one of his faithful leudes, to Metz, where he was recognized as sovereign. ... The following list of Frankish Kings is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. ... Theuderic II (587-613), king of Burgundy (595-613) and Austrasia (612-613), was the second son of Childebert II. At his fathers death in 595, he received the kingdoms of Orleans and Burgundy. ...