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Sigebert (which means roughly "magnificent victory"), also spelled Sigibert, Sigobert, Sigeberht, or Siegeberht, is the name of:


Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings

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Sigobert the Lame Sigobert the Lame (also ''Sigibert'' or ''Sigebert'') (died c. 509) was a king of the Franks in the area of Zülpich ( la, Tolbiac) and Cologne. His father's name was "Childebert".''He had a son: Siegbert or Sigebert, of whom further. (Ibid.) HI ...
(died c. 509), a king of the Franks *
Sigebert I Sigebert I (c. 535 – c. 575) was a Frankish king of Austrasia from the death of his father in 561 to his own death. He was the third surviving son out of four of Clotaire I and Ingund. His reign found him mostly occupied with a successful civ ...
, King of Austrasia (reigned 561–575) *
Sigebert II :''See Sigeberht II of Essex for the Saxon ruler by that name.'' Sigebert II (601–613) or Sigisbert II, was the illegitimate son of Theuderic II, from whom he inherited the kingdoms of Burgundy and Austrasia in 613. However, he fell under the ...
, King of Austrasia and Burgundy (reigned 613) *
Sigebert III Sigebert III ( 630–656) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia from 633 to his death around 656. He was described as the first Merovingian ''roi fainéant'' —do-nothing king—, in effect the mayor of the palace ruling the kingdom througho ...
, King of Austrasia (reigned 634–656) *
Sigeberht the Little Sigeberht the Little was king of Essex from 623? to 653. A Sigeberht was the son of Sæward, who was slain in battle against forces from Wessex in 623(?), and father of later king Sighere, but Yorke thought it more likely this was his successor, ...
, King of Essex (reigned 623?–653) *
Sigeberht the Good Sigeberht II, nicknamed the Good (''Bonus'') or the Blessed (''Sanctus''), was King of the East Saxons (r. ''c''. 653 to ? 660 x 661), in succession to his relative Sigeberht I the Little. Although a bishopric in Essex had been created under Mel ...
, a king of Essex (reigned c. 653–660) *
Sigeberht of East Anglia Sigeberht of East Anglia (also known as Saint Sigebert), (Old English: ''Sigebryht'') was a saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was the first English king ...
, saint and a king of the East Angles (reigned c. 629–c. 634) *
Sigeberht of Wessex Sigeberht (meaning roughly "Magnificent Victory") was the King of Wessex from 756 to 757. Sigeberht succeeded his distant relative Cuthred, but was then accused of acting unjustly. After ruling a year he was accused of unlawful acts and removed f ...
, King of Wessex (reigned 756–757)


Others

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Sigebert of Gembloux Sigebert of Gembloux (Sigebertus Gemblacensis; 1030 – 5 October 1112) was a medieval author, known mainly as a pro-Imperial historian of a universal chronicle, opposed to the expansive papacy of Gregory VII and Pascal II. Early in his life h ...
(c. 1030–1112), Belgian medieval author and historian *
Sigebert Buckley Sigebert Buckley (c. 1520 – probably 1610) was a Benedictine monk in England, who is regarded by the Benedictines and by Ampleforth College in particular as representing the continuity of the community through the English Reformation. Although ...
(c. 1520–probably 1610), Benedictine monk in England *
Sigebert IV According to the pseudohistorical ''Dossiers Secrets d'Henri Lobineau'' and related documents, Sigebert IV was the son of the Merovingian king Dagobert II who, on the assassination of his father, was rescued by his sister and smuggled to the domain ...
, fictitious son of the Merovingian king Dagobert II


See also

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Siegbert Siegbert is the given name of: *Siegbert Horn (born 1950), former East German slalom canoer * Siegbert Hummel (1908−2001), Tibetologist and cultural historian * Siegbert Salomon Prawer (born 1925), professor of German language and literature *Sie ...
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