# Dagobert I becomes king (629)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/629-dagobert-i-becomes-king
Location: Frankish realm
Categories: ruler-change

Dagobert inherited a reunited kingdom and maintained unusually strong royal authority. Within the broader Frankish Kingdoms period, Merovingian and Carolingian rulers built large Frankish realms over former Roman Gaul. Conversion, aristocratic power, church institutions and imperial expansion laid foundations for medieval France. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Dagobert I (King of the Franks). Dagobert I becomes king mattered because succession and legitimacy shaped alliances, institutions and the direction of state policy. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Dagobert I becomes king mattered because succession and legitimacy shaped alliances, institutions and the direction of state policy.

Ruler at the time: [Dagobert I](https://history-france.com/rulers/dagobert-i)

## Sources
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- [Wikipedia — Timeline of French history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_French_history)