Theudebert (also Theodobert, Theudibert, Theodebert, Theodbert, Dietbert, Tibert, etc.
[E. W. Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'', 1856]
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The name is attested primarily in the German Middle Ages
The Kingdom of Germany or German Kingdom ( la, regnum Teutonicorum "kingdom of the Germans", "German kingdom", "kingdom of Germany") was the mostly Germanic-speaking East Frankish kingdom, which was formed by the Treaty of Verdun in 843, especi ...
. The Cat character in Reynard the Fox is called either Tibert or Tybalt.
Historical people called Theobert include:
*Two Frankish kings of Austrasia
Austrasia was a territory which formed the north-eastern section of the Merovingian Kingdom of the Franks during the 6th to 8th centuries. It was centred on the Meuse, Middle Rhine and the Moselle rivers, and was the original territory of th ...
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**Theudebert I
Theudebert I (french: Thibert/Théodebert) ( 500 – 547 or 548) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia from 533 to his death in 548. He was the son of Theuderic I and the father of Theudebald.
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Most of what we know about Theudebert comes ...
(r. 533–548); his name is given as Θευδιβερτος by Procopius
Procopius of Caesarea ( grc-gre, Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; la, Procopius Caesariensis; – after 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman ge ...
and Agathias
**Theudebert II
Theudebert II () (c.585-612), King of Austrasia (595–612 AD), was the son and heir of Childebert II. He received the kingdom of Austrasia plus the cities (''civitates'') of Poitiers, Tours, Le Puy-en-Velay, Bordeaux, and Châteaudun, as well as ...
(r. 595–612)
* Theodbert of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria c. 716 – c. 719
* Theodebert, Count of Meaux in 877–888
*one Dietbert or Theobert of Tholey, locally venerated as a saint in the 13th century
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