Brunulphe III, Count of the Ardennes

Brunulphe III or Brunulphe III of the Ardennes (died 630 AD), was a Frankish nobleman and Merovingian Count of the Ardennes. He was assassinated by King Dagobert I in the Middle Ages.

Biography Brunulphe III was born in 595 AD in Ardennes, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia.

His great-grandfather was Waubert II, the grandson of Frankish King Clodion who received part of his father Waubert I's inheritance and was designated Count of the Ardennes around 520 AD. Waubert II's son and Brunulphe III's grandfather, Brunulphe I, Count of Cambrésis and of the Ardennes willingly stayed in his father's Palace of Haucourt-en-Cambrésis. As a result of his sister's marriage, Brunulphe III became King Dagobert's brother-in-law.

Brunulphe III's father, Count Brunulphe II of the Ardennes died in 618 AD.

Before King Chlothar II died, he entrusted his sons to the Frankish dukes, naming Dagobert I king of the Franks and Charibert II king of the Austrasians. Dukes Brunulfe and Gundeland were appointed as Charibert's guardians, while Dukes Arnulf and Pepin were assigned to Dagobert. After Chlothar's death around 628 AD, Dagobert disregarded these orders, leading Brunulfe and Gundeland to raise armies, which failed. His son Hydulphe (Hidulphe) became the Count of the Adrennes, whose only daughter and heiress Béatrice married Martin, Duke of Mosellane, which united the Ardennes with the Duchy of Mosellane. His other son Glomeric was the Count of Durbuy and Namur.

Death Brunulphe III died at the castle of Blaton, in the County of Hainaut, Kingdom of Austrasia, in 630 AD after being executed by order of his brother-in-law King Dagobert I.

Family Waubert II (great-great-grandfather) Amalberge of Landen (great-great-grandmother) Waubert III (great-grandfather) Brunulphe I (grandfather) Brunulphe II, Count of the Ardennes (father) Clotilde de Neustrie (mother) Saint Aye (aunt) Sichilde (sister) Gomentrude (sister) Chlothar II (brother-in-law) Dagobert I (brother-in-law) Brunulphe IV the Younger (son) Alberic the Orphan (son) Hydulphe (son) Glomeric (son)