Dagobert III Becomes King

Date: April 23, 711 • Location: Rome, Italy

Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks.

Year 711 (DCCXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 711 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.