Chilperic of Aquitaine

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Chilperic (sometimes Childeric in the chronicles of the time) was the infant son of Charibert II, and briefly king of Aquitaine in 632. He was killed shortly after his father in 632, under orders by Dagobert I, Charibert's half-brother.

Chilperic of Aquitaine
Born: 630s Died: 632
Preceded by King of Aquitaine
632
Succeeded by
Boggis, as Duke

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