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Chlotar III
Merovingian king
Also known as: Chlotachar III, Clotaire III, Lothair III, Lothaire III, Lothar III(Show More)
Chlotar III (died March 10/11, 673) was a Merovingian king of Neustria and Burgundy, who succeeded his father, Clovis II, in 657. After the retirement of his mother, Balthild, to a monastery in 664 or 665, he cameāand remainedāunder the domination of the Neustrian mayor of the palace, Ebroin.
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