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Son of Frankish king Theuderich I. Married in 533 Deuteria , a Gallo-Roman. Later abandoned Deuteria to marry Wisigarda (daughter of Wacho , king of the Langobards). Children: Theudebald (533/535 - 555), Berthoara.

In the year 532 Theodebert completed, together with Gunthar (son of Chlothar I ) the reconquest of territories held by his grandfather Clovis IClovis I (or Chlodowech, modern French "Louis") (c. 466 November 27 511 at Paris), a member of the Merovingian dynasty, succeeded his father Childeric I in 481 as King of the Salic Franks, a Germanic people occupying the area west of the lower Rhine, with, which had been taken by GothsThis article is about the Germanic tribes. For the late 20th century youth subculture see Goth. The Goths were a Germanic tribe which according to their own traditions originated in southern Sweden (cf. Gotaland and Gotland). They migrated southwards and following Clovis's death. After the death of Theuderich at the end of 533, Theodebert inherited his father's possessions, prevailing against the claims of his uncles Childebert IChildebert I was born about 496 at Rheims, in the Marne, departement, of France and died in 558. He was a Frankish king, and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, one of the four sons of Clovis. Childebert I In the partition of his father's realm in 511 he and Chlothar. The childless Childebert then allied himself with his newphew, and split with him the inheritance of ChlodomerChlodomer also spelled Clodomir or Clodomer born around 495, was the second of the four sons of Clovis I, King of the Franks. On the death of his father, in 511, he divided the kingdom of the Franks with his three brothers: Theuderic I, Childebert I and C's lands in BurgundyThis page is about the region of France. For information on the wine, see Burgundy wine. Burgundy ( French Bourgogne is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Celts, Gauls, Romans and Gallo-Romans, and various Germanic peoples, most importantly. Soon afterward, he adopted Theodebert.

The Merovingian kings then joined to fight the Ostrogoths. Allying himself with the GepidThe Gepids ( Latin Gepidae were a Germanic tribe most famous in history for defeating the Huns after the death of Attila. The Gepids were first mentioned around A. 260, when they participated with the Goths in an invasion in Dacia, where they were settleds and the Langobards (wedding their king's daughter Wisigarda), Theodebert won the northern provinces as well as Raetien . Large parts of Venice were taken in 545, but Theodebert's party avoided a confrontation with the Byzantine Emperor.

Theodebert displayed both the gifts of his family and its flaws: high statesmanship and unruly sensualism, unthinking lust for power mixed with intelligent power politics and perfidiousness. He celebrated his coronation with the striking of gold coins with his own picture and the staging of circus performances in Arles.

Theodebert died in the 14th year of his reign (at the end of 547 or the beginning of 548) and his son Theudebald succeeded him.