Theudebert (also Theodobert, Theudibert, Theodebert, Theodbert, Dietbert, Tibert, etc.
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The name is attested primarily in the German Middle Ages. The Cat character in Reynard the Fox
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is called either Tibert or Tybalt
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.
Historical people called Theobert include:
*Two Frankish
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* Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture
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kings of Austrasia:
**Theudebert I
Theudebert I (french: Thibert/Théodebert) ( 500 – 547 or 548) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia from 533 to his death in 548. He was the son of Theuderic I and the father of Theudebald.
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(r. 533–548); his name is given as Θευδιβερτος by Procopius
Procopius of Caesarea ( grc-gre, Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; la, Procopius Caesariensis; – after 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman gen ...
and Agathias
Agathias or Agathias Scholasticus ( grc-gre, Ἀγαθίας σχολαστικός; Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), pp. 23–25582/594), of Myrina (Mysia), an Aeolian city in western Asia Minor (Turkey), was a Greek poet and the principal histo ...
**Theudebert II
Theudebert II () (c.585-612), King of Austrasia (595–612 AD), was the son and heir of Childebert II. He received the kingdom of Austrasia plus the cities (''civitates'') of Poitiers, Tours, Le Puy-en-Velay, Bordeaux, and Châteaudun, as well ...
(r. 595–612)
*Theodbert of Bavaria
Theodbert (also ''Theodebert'', ''Theudebert'', ''Theotpert'', and ''Theodo'') ( 685 – c. 719) was the duke of Bavaria in some capacity or other from 702 to his death. He was the eldest son of Duke Theodo of Bavaria and Folchaid. He was first ass ...
, Duke of Bavaria c. 716 – c. 719
*Theodebert, Count of Meaux Tetbert (or Theodebert) (died 888) was the Count of Meaux in 877–888. He was related to the Counts of Vermandois and was a brother of Askericus, Bishop of Paris. He died fighting the Vikings
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern n ...
in 877–888
*one Dietbert or Theobert of Tholey
Tholey () is a municipality in the district of Sankt Wendel, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximately west of Sankt Wendel, and north of Saarbrücken.
History
Local history
The first traces of settlement in the area of today's Thol ...
, locally venerated as a saint in the 13th century
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