Duke Theodon Agilolfinges III of BAVARIA b. 615 d. 680 : Voyer & Bedard Genealogy

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Prefix Duke

Birth 560 Bavaria, Schwaben, Germany

Birth 615

Gender Male

Death 630

Name Theodon III Agilolfinges

Name Theodon III Of BAVARIA

Died 680

Person ID I7491 voyer_7_28_2008

Last Modified 14 Aug 2008

Family 1 Folchiade of SALZEBURG.

Children

	1. Tassilo II of BAVARIA, d. Abt 719
	2. Theobald of BAVARIA
	3. Theodbert of BAVARIA
	4. Grimoald of BAVARIA, b. 725, d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F59708 Group Sheet

Family 2 Ragentrude De NEUSTRIE, b. 632, d. Yes, date unknown

Children

1. * Ragnetrude Of BAVARIA, b. Abt 644, d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F50290 Group Sheet

Notes	Theodo (about 625 - 11 December c. 716 ) also known as Theodo V andTheodo II, was the Duke of Bavaria from 670 or, more probably, 680 to his death. It is with Theodo that the well-sourced history of Bavaria begins. Hestrengthened Bavaria internally and externally and, according to Arbeoof Freising , he was a prince of great power whose fame extended beyond his borders. His father was Theodo IV, Duke of Bavaria and his mother was probablyFara of Bavaria (b: 600), daughter of Chrodaold of the Lombards (575-624) and (her mother) Daughter of Gisulf (b: 577). Theodo established his capital at Ratisbon (modern Regensburg ). He married Folchaid, of the aristocracy of Alemannia , to build diplomaticties there. He intervened in Lombard affairs by harbouring the refugees Ansprand and Liutprand , whom he assisted militarily on his returnto claim the Iron Crown . Liutprand later married his daughter Guntrude. Theodo also defended his duchy ably from the Avars (with some failure in the east). Theodo is the patron to the four great missionaries of Bavaria: SaintRupert , Saint Emmeram , and probably Saint Corbinian . He was the first to draw up plans for the Bavarian church, aiming both at a deeper cultivation of the countryside as well as greater independence from theFrankish Kingdom by a closer association with the Pope. He was thefirst Bavarian duke to travel to Rome , where he conferred with Pope Gregory II . The diocesan seats were placed in the few urban centres, which served as the Duke's seats: Regensburg, Salzburg, Freising and Passau. Two of his children are involved with the death of Saint Emmeram . Theodo's daughter Uta had become pregnant by her lover. Fearing her father's wrath, she confided to Emmeram and the saint promised bear the blame, as he was about to travel to Rome. Soon after his departure, Uta's predicament became known and in keeping with the agreement she named Emmeram as the father. Her brother Lantpert went after Emmeram and greeted him as "bishop and brother-in-law" (Aie, episcope et gener noster!) Then he had Emmeram cut and torn into pieces. Theodo had the remains of the saint moved to Regensburg. Nothing more is known of Lantpert and Uta. Some historians have distinguished between a Duke Theodo I, ruling around 680, and a Duke Theodo II, reigning in the early eight century. Theodo I is attributed with the events involving Saint Emmeram, Uta andLantpert, while Theodo II is associated with Saints Corbinian and Rupert, the ecclesiastical organisation and the division of the Duchy. However, no contemporary source indicates a distinction between differentDukes of that name. To complicate matters even further, Bavarian tradition has referred to Theodo I and Theodo II as Theodo IV and Theodo V respectively to differentiate them from legendary Agilolfing ancestors Theodo I to III,all who would have reigned before 550. Marriage and issue He married Regintrude of Austrasia , daughter of Dagobert I and Regintrude . They had the following: Daughter of Theodo , married Godefroy, Duke of Alamannia He also married Folchiade of Salzeburg . They had the following: Theodbert Grimoald Theobald Tassilo Theodo was eventually succeeded by his four other sons, among which he divided his duchy sometime before 715. As early as 702 Theodbert had been ruling from Salzburg and from 711 or 712 , Theobald was co-reigning. It is impossible to see if this division was territorial (as with the Merovingians or purely a co-regency(as with the later princes of Benevento and Capua ). If so, Theodbert's capital was probably Salzburg and the Vita Corbiniani informs that Grimoald had his seat there. References to Theobald and the Thuringiiimplies perhaps a capital at Regensburg and this leaves Tassilo at Passau. All of this is educated conjecture.