Chilperic (sometimes ''Childeric'' in the chronicles of the time) was the infant son of
Charibert II
Charibert II (607/617–8 April 632), a son of Clotaire II and his junior wife Sichilde, was briefly King of Aquitaine from 629 to his death, with his capital at Toulouse. There are no direct statements about when Charibert was born exactly, ...
, and briefly king of
Aquitaine
Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region of the country. Since 1 Janu ...
in 632. He was killed shortly after his father in 632, under orders by
Dagobert I
Dagobert I ( la, Dagobertus; 605/603 – 19 January 639 AD) was the king of Austrasia (623–634), king of all the Franks (629–634), and king of Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dyna ...
, Charibert's half-brother.
630s births
632 deaths
Murdered royalty
Monarchs who died as children
Medieval child monarchs
7th-century Frankish kings
People from Aquitaine
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