Son of Pépin de Landen, Grimoald is ambitious and once Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, he wins the confidence of King Sigebert III. He had his son adopted by the king under the royal name of Childebert. But Sigebert III obtains an heir from his Irish wife. Grimoald then imprisoned the young Dagobert II in a monastery. But the Grands of Austrasia are indignant and overthrow Grimoald and his son Childebert "the Adopted" whom they kill.
On February 28, 1518, Queen Claude of France gave birth to her first son. First name Francois like his father, the child is titled dauphin of France and it is on him that the hopes of the dynasty rest. By the death of his mother in 1524, François inherited the Duchy of Brittany and was crowned in R