Theudebert (also Theodobert, Theudibert, Theodebert, Theodbert, Dietbert, Tibert, etc.
[E. W. Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'', 1856]
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The name is attested primarily in the German Middle Ages. The Cat character in Reynard the Fox is called either Tibert or Tybalt.
Historical people called Theobert include:
*Two Frankish kings of Austrasia
Austrasia was the northeastern kingdom within the core of the Francia, Frankish Empire during the Early Middle Ages, centring on the Meuse, Middle Rhine and the Moselle rivers. It included the original Frankish-ruled territories within what had ...
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** Theudebert I (r. 533–548); his name is given as Θευδιβερτος by Procopius
Procopius of Caesarea (; ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; ; – 565) was a prominent Late antiquity, late antique Byzantine Greeks, Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in Justinian I, Empe ...
and Agathias
** Theudebert II (r. 595–612)
* Theodbert of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria c. 716 – c. 719
* Theodebert, Count of Meaux in 877–888
*one Dietbert or Theobert of Tholey
Tholey () is a municipality in the Sankt Wendel (district), 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 t ...
, locally venerated as a saint in the 13th century
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