Childeric III; King of Francia 743-751; last Frankish king from the Merovingian dynasty; c. 717 - c. 754.- "CHILD脡RIC III / (鈥? est d茅tr么ne et enferm茅 dans un monast猫re 脿 Saint-Omer par Pepin". -(After his deposition 751 by the Carolingian Master of the Palace Pepin III; the younger: Chilperic's long hair; a symbol of Merovingian royal dignity; is cut off; and he is forced to enter the monastery Sithiu; now abbey Saint-Bertin).Stipple engraving by Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841).From: (Louis-Samuel) Colart; Histoire de France repr茅sent茅e par tableaux synoptiques et par 70 gravures; employ茅e pour l'茅ducation des enfans de France; Paris (Ch. Gosselin; Bossange p猫re; Jules Renouard) (1825); Plate 21.Private collection.