He was King of Austrasia (511). At his father's death in 511, he inherited the newly created kingdom of Austrasia with its capital at Metz. Austrasia was the eastern part of the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks in 6th, 7th and 8th centuries, comprising, in general, parts of eastern France, western Germany, and the Netherlands. -------------------- http://gw1.geneanet.org/henryknight?lang=no;p=thierry;n=rey+de+reims