 Dagobert went down in history as one of the greatest Frankish kings, having held his lands against the eastern hordes and with noblemen as far away as Bavaria, who sought his overlordship.Only thirty-six when he died, Dagobert constituted the last of the great Merovingian kings, who, according to J.M.Wallace-Hadrill, "had the ruthless energy of a Clovis and the cunning of a Charlemagne."