Dagobert
Frankish prince

Dagobert

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Frankish prince
Gender:
Male
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Mother:
Bilichild
Father:
Childeric II
Siblings:
Chilperic II
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Dagobert is a male given name, possibly from Old Frankish dag "day" and beraht "bright". Alternatively, the first element has been identified as Gaulish dago "good".

Animals

  • Roi Dagobert (born 1964), Thoroughbred racehorse

People

  • Dagobert (4th century), part of the Carl Christopher/Christoffersson Springer Hoax
  • Dagobert I (603–639), Frankish King
  • Dagobert II (650–679), Frankish King
  • Dagobert III (699–715), Frankish King
  • Dagobert of Pisa (died 1105), Archbishop of Pisa and first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
  • Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert (1736–1794), French general
  • Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (1865–1949), German geographer, born in Königsberg
  • Dagobert Peche (1887–1923), Austrian artist and metalworker designer
  • Dagobert Biermann (1904–1943), Resistance fighter against the Nazis
  • Pere Dagobert, Capuchin monk
  • Dagobert D. Runes, philosopher, translator, and friend of Albert Einstein

Popular culture

  • Dagobert IX, a Galactic Emperor in Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire
  • The German, Dutch and Hungarian name of Disney character Scrooge McDuck
    • hence, the pseudonym of extortionist Arno Funke
  • In Swedish, the cartoon character Dagwood Bumstead is named "Dagobert Krikelin"
  • The song "Le bon roi Dagobert", named after Dagobert I
  • Dagobert, name of the dog in the French translation of Enid Blyton's The Famous Five books (Timmy in the original)