Editing Clovis II (section)

==Background==
Clovis married [[Balthild]], an [[Anglo-Saxon]] sold into slavery in [[Gaul]]. She had been owned by the Neustrian mayor of the palace, Erchinoald, but then attracted the interest of the king.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saint Bathilde|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02348b.htm|website=New Advent|access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> They had three sons, who all became kings after his death. The eldest, [[Chlothar III|Chlothar]], succeeded him and his second eldest, [[Childeric II|Childeric]], was placed on the Austrasian throne and eventually also succeeded in Neustria. The youngest, [[Theuderic III|Theuderic]], succeeded Childeric in Neustria and eventually became the sole king of the Franks.

Clovis was a minor for almost the whole of his reign. He is sometimes regarded as king of Austrasia during the interval 656–57 when [[Childebert the Adopted]] usurped the throne. [[Grimoald the Elder]], mayor of the palace of Austrasia, was captured and later executed in Paris by Clovis II, the king of Neustria, in 657. He is often regarded as an early ''[[roi fainéant]]''. [[Belgium|Belgian]] historian [[Henri Pirenne]] stated that Clovis "died insane."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pirenne|first1=Henri|title=Mohammad and Charlemagne|date=1939|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0486420110|page=191|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLGeWH7WPmUC&q=clovis+ii+insane&pg=PA191|access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref>

Clovis II was buried in [[Basilica of Saint-Denis|Saint Denis Basilica]], [[Paris]].