[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch7z5:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":14,"zoom":17},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"cover":9},"p4","Early Middle Ages","Alta Edad Media","476 → 987",{"fileName":10,"filePageUrl":11,"imageUrl":12,"sourceLabel":13},"François Louis Dejuinne 08265 baptême de CLovis.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois%20Louis%20Dejuinne%2008265%20bapt%C3%AAme%20de%20CLovis.JPG","/assets/p4-haut-moyen-age-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":15,"title":16},"p4ch7","Dagobert I: The Last Great Merovingian King",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch7z5","Charibert II: Dagobert’s Half-Brother and the Kingdom of Aquitaine","\u003Cp>When \u003Cstrong>Chlothar II\u003C/strong> died in \u003Cstrong>629\u003C/strong>, his son \u003Cstrong>Dagobert I\u003C/strong> inherited the main throne of the Frankish kingdom.\u003Cbr>\nBut he was not the only heir: his half-brother \u003Cstrong>Charibert II\u003C/strong>, son of Queen \u003Cstrong>Sichilde\u003C/strong>, also had dynastic rights.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>To avoid war between the two princes, Dagobert accepted a political compromise: he granted Charibert a new kingdom in the south.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 Creating the kingdom of Aquitaine\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Dagobert gave Charibert control of a \u003Cstrong>kingdom of Aquitaine\u003C/strong>, centred on \u003Cstrong>Toulouse\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>This kingdom notably included:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Toulouse\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Agen\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Cahors\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Périgueux\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Saintes\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>It extended to the \u003Cstrong>Pyrenees\u003C/strong>, also including \u003Cstrong>Vasconia\u003C/strong>, where the ancestors of the Basques lived.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>This decision calmed political tension while keeping Dagobert as the principal sovereign of the \u003Cem>Regnum Francorum\u003C/em>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚔️ Charibert against the Vascones\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The new king of Aquitaine quickly faced local revolts.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>Vascones\u003C/strong>, mountain peoples settled at the foot of the Pyrenees, challenged Frankish authority. Charibert led campaigns to restore order.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>With the help of local dukes and counts, he managed to stabilise Aquitaine and reaffirm Frankish authority in the southwest.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚰️ An early death\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Charibert II’s reign was very short.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>632\u003C/strong>, he died suddenly, probably of illness. His young son \u003Cstrong>Chilperic\u003C/strong> briefly succeeded him, but he too died soon after.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Some medieval chroniclers suggested this death may have been ordered by \u003Cstrong>Dagobert\u003C/strong>, who wanted to recover Aquitaine. However, there is no firm proof.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 Aquitaine returns to the Frankish kingdom\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>After Charibert and his son died, Dagobert took direct control of Aquitaine again.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The Frankish kingdom was then \u003Cstrong>almost completely reunified\u003C/strong>, as under his father Chlothar II.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>This reunification marked the peak of Dagobert’s power and the high point of Merovingian monarchy.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Charibert II\u003C/strong> is Dagobert I’s half-brother.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>He becomes \u003Cstrong>king of Aquitaine in 629\u003C/strong> to avoid dynastic war.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>He fights the \u003Cstrong>Vascones\u003C/strong> and stabilises the region.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>His death in \u003Cstrong>632\u003C/strong> allows Dagobert to \u003Cstrong>reunify the Frankish kingdom\u003C/strong>.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"When Chlothar II died in 629 , his son Dagobert I inherited the main throne of the Frankish kingdom. But he was not the only heir: his half-brother Charibert",1778543115776]