Their decline lay heavily in the rise of regents like Aega and Erchinoald and the growing influence of the Arnulfings, and was finalized when their last ruler was sent off to St. Omer and tonsured under the approval of St. Boniface and Pope Zacharias. The Chronicle of Fredegar is a major source of information on them, and their later leaders, such as Sigibert III and Child
Their decline lay heavily in the rise of regents like Aega and Erchinoald and the growing influence of the Arnulfings, and was finalized when their last ruler was sent off to St. Omer and tonsured under the approval of St. Boniface and Pope Zacharias. The Chronicle of Fredegar is a major source of information on them, and their later leaders, such as Sigibert III and Childebert III were typically inept puppets of the Mayors of the Palace, which is why all of their rulers after Dagobert I are known as the "do-nothing kings." Presiding over a kingdom that would later be divided into Neustrian and Austrasian realms, this dynasty's last ruler was Childeric III. FTP, identify this dynasty named after the mythical son of a sea creature, who established their rule of the Frankish kingdom under Clovis I, and were succeeded by the Carolingians.
Their decline lay heavily in the rise of regents like Aega and Erchinoald and the growing influence of the Arnulfings, and was finalized when their last ruler was sent off to St. Omer and tonsured under the approval of St. Boniface and Pope Zacharias.
{Merovingian}s