Editing Childebert II (section)

==Heir, king and war leader==
With the assassination of Chilperic in 584 and the dangers occasioned to the French monarchy by the expedition of [[Gundoald]] in 585, Childebert threw himself unreservedly to the side of Guntram.  By the [[Treaty of Andelot]] of 587, Childebert was recognised as Guntram's heir,{{sfn|Craft|2013|p=6}} and with his uncle's help in 587 he quelled the revolt of Dukes Rauching, Ursio, and Berthefried, and succeeded in seizing the castle of [[Woëvre]]. Many attempts were made on his life by [[Fredegund]], wife of Chilperic, who was anxious to secure Guntram's inheritance for her son [[Clotaire II]]. Childebert II had relations with the [[Byzantine Empire]], and fought on several occasions in the name of the [[Byzantine emperor|Emperor]] [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] against the [[Lombards]] in [[Italy]], with limited success.{{sfn|Wood|1994|p=167-168}}

With Guntram, he authorized the Irish monk [[Columbanus|Saint Colomban]] to found the abbey of [[Luxeuil Abbey|Luxeuil]] and two other monasteries in the heart of the [[Vosges]] and to work with his monks in the various missions and foundations in all the Frankish kingdoms.{{sfn|Prieur|Vulliez|1999|p=19-23, 25-28}}

On the death of Guntram in 592, Childebert annexed the kingdom of Burgundy,{{sfn|Wood|1994|p=130}} and even contemplated seizing Clotaire's estates and becoming sole king of the Franks. However, he and his young wife [[Faileuba]] died after being poisoned in 596.{{sfn|Wood|1994|p=103}} He and Faileuba had: the older, [[Theudebert II]],{{sfn|Wood|1994|p=347}} inherited Austrasia with its capital at Metz, and the younger, [[Theuderic II]],{{sfn|Wood|1994|p=347}} received Guntram's former kingdom of Burgundy, with its capital at Orléans.