{"slug": "chlothar-ii", "label": "Chlothar II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlothar_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209118", "qid": "Q209118", "description": "King of Neustria", "entries": 9, "years": 7, "span": [584, 629], "span_label": ["584 CE", "629 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "theuderic-ii", "label": "Theuderic II", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "fredegund", "label": "Fredegund", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "brunhilda-of-austrasia", "label": "Brunhilda of Austrasia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "theudebert-ii", "label": "Theudebert II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aquitaine", "label": "Aquitaine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chilperic-i", "label": "Chilperic I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "basilica-of-st-denis", "label": "Basilica of St Denis", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 584, "year_label": "584 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Chlothar II, king of the Franks (d. 629)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754048#Births", "title": "584", "revid": 1364754048, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 584, "year_label": "584 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – King Chilperic I is stabbed to death while returning from a hunt near Chelles, after a 23-year reign over a territory extending from Aquitaine, to the northern seacoast of what later will be France. His wife Fredegund, who has paid for his assassination, seizes his wealth, flees to Paris with her son Chlothar II, and persuades the nobles to accept him as legitimate heir while she serves as regent, continuing her power struggles with Guntram, king of Burgundy, and her sister Brunhilda, queen mother of Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754048#Europe", "title": "584", "revid": 1364754048, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 597, "year_label": "597 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Queen Fredegund defeats her old rival Brunhilda of Austrasia, who supports the claims of her grandsons Theudebert II and Theuderic II to the Frankish throne, against those of Fredegund's son Chlothar II. She dies a few months later at Paris and is buried in the Basilica of Saint Denis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755884#Europe", "title": "597", "revid": 1364755884, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 600, "year_label": "600 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Chlothar II of Neustria is defeated by his nephews, Theudebert II and Theuderic II, at Dormelles (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751689#Europe", "title": "600", "revid": 1364751689, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 604, "year_label": "604 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – Battle of Ėtampes: Theuderic II, with the aid of Berthoald, defeats the Frankish forces under King Chlothar II of Neustria, at Étampes (near Paris).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754628#Europe", "title": "604", "revid": 1364754628, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 613, "year_label": "613 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Theuderic II dies of dysentery in the Austrasian capital of Metz, while preparing a campaign against his longtime enemy, Chlothar II. His grandmother Brunhilda attempts to establish a third regency for her illegitimate great-grandson Sigebert II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755983#Europe", "title": "613", "revid": 1364755983, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 614, "year_label": "614 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (Edictum Chlotacharii), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles and the church, and regulates the appointment of counts (secular officials in charge of law courts, collecting taxes, and assembling contingents for the army), while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752346#Europe", "title": "614", "revid": 1364752346, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 629, "year_label": "629 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chlothar II, king of the Franks", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803532#Deaths", "title": "629", "revid": 1340803532, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 629, "year_label": "629 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Chlothar II dies after a 16-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Dagobert I. Counseled by Bishop Arnulf of Metz and Pepin of Landen (Mayor of the Palace), he moves the capital to Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803532#Europe", "title": "629", "revid": 1340803532, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}