Childebert III, called
the Just (670 or probably 683 – 23 April 711), son of
Theuderic III and Clotilda (or Doda) and sole
king of the Franks (695–711), he was seemingly but a puppet of the
mayor of the palace,
Pepin of Heristal, though his
placita show him making judicial decisions of his own will, even against the
Arnulfing clan. His nickname has no comprehensible justification except possibly as a result of these judgements, but the
Liber Historiae Francorum calls him a "famous man" and "the glorious lord of good memory, Childebert, the just king." He had a son named Dagobert, who succeeded him, as
Dagobert III but his wife was not Edonne, the invention of later fantasists. It is possible, though not likely, that
Chlothar IV was also his son. He spent almost his entire life in a royal villa on the
Oise.