Dagobert I

Dagobert I
King of the Franks
Contemporary effigy of Dagobert from a gold triens
King in Austrasia
Reign	623–634
Predecessor	Chlothar II
Successor	Sigebert III
King in Neustria and Burgundy
Reign	October 629 – 19 January 639
Predecessor	Chlothar II
Successor	Clovis II
Born	c. 605/603
Died	19 January 639 (aged 35-36) Épinay-sur-Seine
Burial	Saint Denis Basilica, Paris
Spouse	Gormatrude Nanthild Wulfegundis Berchildis Ragnetrude (concubine)
Issue	Sigebert III Clovis II
Dynasty	Merovingian
Father	Chlothar II
Mother	Haldetrude
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Dagobert I (Latin: Dagobertus; c. 603/605 – 19 January 639)^[1] was King of the Franks. He ruled Austrasia (623–634) and Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dynasty to wield real royal power, after which the Mayor of the palace rose as the political and war leader.^[2] Dagobert was the first Frankish king to be buried in the royal tombs at the Basilica of Saint-Denis.^[3]