{"slug": "theuderic-ii", "label": "Theuderic II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theuderic_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316869", "qid": "Q316869", "description": "King of Burgundy", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [587, 613], "span_label": ["587 CE", "613 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "austrasia", "label": "Austrasia", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "brunhilda-of-austrasia", "label": "Brunhilda of Austrasia", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-burgundy", "label": "Kingdom of Burgundy", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "mayor-of-the-palace", "label": "Mayor of the Palace", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "picardy", "label": "Picardy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lombards", "label": "Lombards", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "military-alliance", "label": "Military alliance", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "narbonne", "label": "Narbonne", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 587, "year_label": "587 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theuderic II, king of Austrasia (d. 613)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756380#Births", "title": "587", "revid": 1364756380, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 595, "year_label": "595 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October", "text": "October – King Childebert II dies; his mother Brunhilda attempts to rule Austrasia and Burgundy, as regent for her grandsons. He is succeeded by his two young sons, Theudebert II and Theuderic II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658603#Europe", "title": "595", "revid": 1367658603, "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": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia conspires to have Berthoald, Mayor of the Palace, assassinated. She convinces King Theuderic II to send him to inspect the royal villae along the Seine. Brunhilda then has the noblemen who actually carried out the murder arrested and killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754628#Europe", "title": "604", "revid": 1364754628, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 606, "year_label": "606 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Queen Brunhilda pressures her grandson Theuderic II to go to war against his brother, Theudebert II of Austrasia. She puts Protadius, Mayor of the Palace, in charge of the Burgundian army. At the palace of Quierzy (Picardy), Theuderic assembles his army. The soldiers under Uncelen, Duke of Alemannia, refuse to fight against their countrymen, and declare that the king orders Protadius' death. He is killed by the Frankish warriors, and Theuderic is forced to sign a peace treaty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802689#Europe", "title": "606", "revid": 1340802689, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 607, "year_label": "607 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Visigoths, Austrasians, Neustrians and Lombards form an alliance against King Theuderic II of Burgundy, whose grandmother and sister have murdered Theuderic's wife Ermenberga, daughter of Witteric, king of the Visigoths. Fighting takes place around Narbonne, but little is known of the details or outcome (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802681#Europe", "title": "607", "revid": 1340802681, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 610, "year_label": "610 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Theuderic II loses Alsace, Champagne and Thurgau to his elder brother Theudebert II of Austrasia. His Burgundian army is defeated east of the Jura Mountains against the Alemanni.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795500#Europe", "title": "610", "revid": 1368795500, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 612, "year_label": "612 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Theudebert II is defeated by his brother Theuderic II at Toul (northeastern France). He is captured in battle and, after having his royal paraphernalia taken, is handed over to his grandmother Brunhilda. He is put in a monastery, and assassinated with his son Merovech. Theuderic, age 25, becomes sole ruler of Austrasia and Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635982#Europe", "title": "612", "revid": 1367635982, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 613, "year_label": "613 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theuderic II, king of Austrasia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755983#Deaths", "title": "613", "revid": 1364755983, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"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"}}]}