A conspirator who tried to overthrow this dynasty was killed by having the roof stiles of bishop Ageric's church dropped on him.
A conspirator who tried to overthrow this dynasty was killed by having the roof stiles of bishop Ageric's church dropped on him. That conspirator was Berthefried, who along Ursio tried to unseat a ruler who escaped an assassination attempt after forcing the assassins to confess and having their noses cut off. One member of this dynasty notably split the head of the soldier who pillaged the (**) vase of Soissons after conquering the kingdom of Syagrius. This dynasty's late rulers supposedly traveled around their domain in carts drawn by yoked oxen, according to (*) Einhard, who also relates how its last ruler was shut up in a monastery and forcibly tonsured, depriving him of the royal privilege conferred by long hair under this dynasty. Those late rulers, or "do-nothing kings", such as Childeric III, are often unfavorably contrasted with more successful rulers like Dagobert I and Clovis. For 10 points, name this Frankish dynasty that preceded the Carolingians.
A conspirator who tried to overthrow this dynasty was killed by having the roof stiles of bishop Ageric's church dropped on him.
Merovingian dynasty