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Sigebert (which means roughly "magnificent victory"), also spelled Sigibert, Sigobert, Sigeberht, or Siegeberht, is the name of:


Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings

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Sigobert the Lame Sigobert the Lame (also ''Sigibert'' or ''Sigebert'') (died c. 508 or 509) was a king of the Ripuarian Franks in the area of Zülpich () and Cologne. History His father's name was "Childebert". He was presumably wounded in the knee at the Bat ...
(died c. 509), a king of the Franks *
Sigebert I Sigebert I ( 535 – 575) was a Frankish king of Austrasia from the death of his father in 561 to his own death. He was the third surviving son out of four of Clotaire I and Ingund. His reign found him mostly occupied with a successful civil ...
, King of Austrasia (reigned 561–575) *
Sigebert II :''See Sigeberht II of Essex for the Saxon ruler by that name.'' Sigebert II (601–613) or Sigisbert II, was the illegitimate son of Theuderic II, from whom he inherited the kingdoms of Burgundy and Austrasia in 613. However, he fell under the i ...
, King of Austrasia and Burgundy (reigned 613) *
Sigebert III Sigebert III ( 630–656) was the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian king of Austrasia from 633 to his death around 656. He was described as the first Merovingian ''roi fainéant'', or "do-nothing king", with the mayor of the palace in fact ruling ...
, King of Austrasia (reigned 634–656) *
Sigeberht the Little Sigeberht the Little was king of Kingdom of Essex, Essex from 623? to 653. A Sigeberht was the son of Sæward of Essex, Sæward, who was slain in battle against forces from Wessex in 623(?), and father of later king Sighere of Essex, Sighere, but ...
, King of Essex (reigned 623?–653) *
Sigeberht the Good Sigeberht II, nicknamed the Good (''Bonus'') or the Blessed (''Sanctus''), was King of the East Saxons (r. ''c''. 653 to ? 660 x 661), in succession to his relative Sigeberht I the Little. Although a bishopric in Essex had been created under Mel ...
, a king of Essex (reigned c. 653–660) *
Sigeberht of East Anglia Sigeberht of East Anglia (also known as Saint Sigebert), (Old English: ''Sigebryht'') was a saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was the first English kin ...
, saint and a king of the East Angles (reigned c. 629–c. 634) *
Sigeberht of Wessex Sigeberht (meaning roughly "Magnificent Victory") was the King of Wessex from 754 or 755, to around 756. Sigeberht succeeded his distant relative Cuthred, but was then accused of acting unjustly. After ruling a year he was accused of unlawful ...
, King of Wessex (reigned 756–757)


Others

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Sigebert of Gembloux Sigebert or Sigibert of Gembloux ( or ; – 5 October 1112) was a medieval author, known mainly as a pro-Imperial historian of a universal chronicle, opposed to the expansive papacy of Gregory VII and Pascal II. Early in his life he became a ...
(c. 1030–1112), Belgian medieval author and historian *
Sigebert Buckley Sigebert Buckley O.S.B. (c. 1520 – probably 1610) was a Benedictine monk in England, regarded by the English Benedictine Congregation as representing the continuity of the community's tradition through the English Reformation. Although the En ...
(c. 1520–probably 1610), Benedictine monk in England *
Sigebert IV According to the pseudohistorical '' Dossiers Secrets d'Henri Lobineau'' and related documents, Sigebert IV was the son of the Merovingian king Dagobert II who, on the assassination of his father, was rescued by his sister and smuggled to the domain ...
, fictitious son of the Merovingian king Dagobert II


See also

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Siegbert Siegbert is the given name of: * Siegbert Alber (1936–2021), German politician * Siegbert Droese (born 1969), German politician * Siegbert Einstein (1889–1968), German-Jewish politician, factory worker, civil servant, lawyer and Holocaust survi ...
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