List of heads of state of France
Merovingian dynasty (486–751)

List of heads of state of France

Section Title: Merovingian dynasty (486–751)
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Portrait	Name	From	Until	Death	Relationship with his predecessors	Title

-	Clovis I (Clovis Ier)	481	511	Likely died of natural causes aged 46. Buried at Abbey of St Genevieve until 18th century.	Son of Childeric I	King of the Franks (Roi des Francs)

-	Childebert I (Childebert Ier)	511	13 December 558	Died aged 64. Buried at Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.	Son of Clovis I	King of Paris (Roi de Paris)

-	Chlothar I the Old (Clotaire Ier le Vieux)	13 December 558	29 November 561	Died aged 64. Buried at Abbey of St. Medard, Soissons.	Son of Clovis I Younger brother of Childebert I	King of the Franks (Roi des Francs)

-	Charibert I (Caribert Ier)	29 November 561	567	Died aged 50. Buried at Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.	Son of Chlothar I	King of Paris (Roi de Paris)

-	Chilperic I (Chilpéric Ier)	567	584	Died aged 45. Buried at Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.	Son of Chlothar I Younger brother of Charibert I	King of Paris (Roi de Paris) King of Neustria (Roi de Neustrie)

-	Chlothar II the Great, the Young (Clotaire II le Grand, le Jeune)	584	18 October 629	Died aged 45. Buried at Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.	Son of Chilperic I	King of Neustria (Roi de Neustrie) King of Paris (Roi de Paris) (595–629) King of the Franks (Roi des Francs) (613–629)

-	Dagobert I (Dagobert Ier)	18 October 629	19 January 639	Died aged 36. Buried at Basilica of St Denis.	Son of Chlothar II	King of the Franks (Roi des Francs)

-	Clovis II the Lazy (Clovis II le Fainéant)	19 January 639	31 October 657	Died aged 20. Buried at Basilica of St Denis.	Son of Dagobert I	King of Neustria and Burgundy (Roi de Neustrie et de Bourgogne)

-	Chlothar III (Clotaire III)	31 October 657	673	Died aged 21. Buried at Basilica of St Denis.	Son of Clovis II	King of Neustria and Burgundy (Roi de Neustrie et de Bourgogne) King of the Franks (Roi des Francs) (657–663)

-	Childeric II (Childéric II)	673	675	Died aged 22. Buried at Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.	Son of Clovis II Younger brother of Chlothar III	King of the Franks (Roi des Francs)

-	Theuderic III (Thierry III)	675	691	Died aged 37.	Son of Clovis II Younger brother of Childeric II	King of Neustria (Roi de Neustrie) King of the Franks (Roi des Francs) (687–691)

-	Clovis IV (Clovis IV)	691	695	Died aged 13.	Son of Theuderic III	King of the Franks (Roi des Francs)

-	Childebert III the Just (Childebert III le Juste)	695	23 April 711	Died aged 41. Buried at Church of St Stephen at Choisy-au-Bac, near Compiègne.	Son of Theuderic III Younger brother of Clovis IV	King of the Franks (Roi des Francs)

-	Dagobert III	23 April 711	715	Died aged 14.	Son of Childebert III	King of the Franks (Roi des Francs)

-	Chilperic II (Chilpéric II)	715	13 February 721	Died aged 49. Buried at Noyon.	Probably son of Childeric II	King of Neustria and Burgundy (Roi de Neustrie et de Bourgogne) King of the Franks (Roi des Francs) (719–721)

-	Theuderic IV	721	737	Died aged 25.	Son of Dagobert III	King of the Franks (Roi des Francs)

Sentence(s)

The Merovingian dynasty was ruled by Clovis I from 481 to 511 CE who was the son of Childeric I.

final_sentence: The Merovingian dynasty was ruled by Clovis I from 481 to 511 CE who was the son of Childeric I.