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Childeric III was the last [[Merovingian]] King of Frankland.
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Childeric III
|image=
|birth_date=c. 714
|birth_place=Kingdom of Francia
|death_date=753-758
|death_place=Saint-Omer, Kingdom of Francia <br/> (now France)
|religion=
|spouse=
|children=
|alma_mater=
|party=
|office=King of the Franks
|term_start=743
|term_end=751
|preceded=[[Theuderic IV]]
|succeeded=[[Pepin the Short]]
}}
'''Childeric III''' (c. 717 - c. 755) was the last [[Merovingian]] King of the Franks, reigning from A.D. 743 to 751. Scholars widely consider him as a highly ineffective and worthless monarch dominated by his advisors. This overeliance led to the Mayor of the Palace Pepin Martel summoning a council of nobles at [[Soissons]] which deposed Childeric and replaced him with Pepin, as King [[Pepin the Short]]. After being dethroned, he lived out the rest of his days in a monastery.
[[Category:Frankish Monarchs]]