| Type: | Elite presence |
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| Certainty: | Certain |
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| From: | 589 |
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| To: | 589 |
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| Town: | Soissons |
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| Original text: | 9.32. ... Childeberthus rex filium suum seniorem Theodoberthum nomine Sessonas dirigere cogitabat.
9.36. Tunc viri fortiores qui erant in urbe Sessionica sive Meldensi, venerunt ad eum, dicentes:'Da nobis unum de filiis tuis, ut serviamus ei' [...] Cui comitibus, domesticis, maioribus atque nutriciis vel omnibus qui ad exercendum servitium regale erant necessarii delegatis, mense sexto huius anni direxit eum [...] Suscepitque eum populus gaudens ac depraecans ... |
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| Translation text: | 9.32. Childebert was planning to send his elder son Theudebert to Soissons
9.36. Some of the important citizens of Soissons and Meaux visited him there and said: send us one of your sons, so that we may serve him [...] He appointed counts, personal servants, major-domos and tutors to serve him, and everyone else necessary for his royal household. In the month of August he sent the prince [...] The people received Theudebert with great joy. |
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| Persons: |
| Role | Name | Reason type | Reason |
| Royal (other) | Theudebert II | Residence | Takes up residence as under-king in Soissons. |
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