Editing Childebert II (section)

==Childhood==
Born c. 570,{{sfn|Murray|2018|p=320}} Childebert was the son of [[Sigebert I]] and [[Brunhilda of Austrasia]].{{sfn|Wood|1994|p=347}} When his father was assassinated in 575 by two slaves of Queen-consort [[Fredegund]] of [[Soissons]],{{sfn|Van Dam|2005|p=204}} Childebert was taken from [[Paris]] by Gundobald (according to one story, after being lowered from a window in a bag by his mother{{sfn|Wallace-Hadrill|1958|p=543}}), one of his faithful lords, to [[Metz]] (the Austrasian capital), where he was recognized as sovereign.  He was then only five years old, and during his long minority the power was disputed between his mother [[Brunhilda of Austrasia|Brunhilda]] and the nobles, with Brunhilda being dominant until Childebert came of age in 585.{{sfn|Earenfight|2013|p=57}}

[[Chilperic I]], king at [[Paris, France|Paris]], and the Burgundian king Guntram sought an alliance with Childebert, who was adopted by both in turn.{{sfn|Van Dam|2005|p=204}} Because Guntram was lord of half of [[Marseille]] the district of Provence became a centre of a brief dispute between the two.

Guntram allied with [[Dynamius of Provence]], who instigated the canons of the [[Diocese of Uzès]] to elect their deacon Marcellus, as bishop in opposition to their already-elected bishop [[Jovinus of Provence|Jovinus]], a former governor of Provence. While Jovinus and [[Theodore, Bishop of Marseille]], were travelling to the court of Childebert, Guntram had them arrested. Dynamius, meanwhile, blocked Gundulf, a duke of an important senatorial family and Childebert's former ''[[Domesticus (Roman Empire)|domesticus]]'', from entering Marseille on behalf of Childebert. Eventually he was forced to yield, though he later arrested Theodore again and had him sent to Guntram. Childebert replaced him in Provence by [[Nicetius of Provence|Nicetius]] (585). Despite his revolt, Childebert formally restored Dynamius to favour on 28 November 587.