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Chlothar I, sometime called "the Old" (French: le Vieux), (died c. December 561) also anglicised as Clotaire, was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I.
- Sons of Clovis
- A Mother's Vengeance: The Burgundian Campaigns
- Murder of Chlodomer's Sons
- Conquests & Civil Wars
- Wives & Children
- Rebellion of Chramn
- Death & Succession
On 27 November 511 CE, King Clovis I died after an eventful reign of 30 years. Through a combination of conquest, cunning, and assassination, he had ruthlessly united the Frankish tribes and extended his kingdom to include most of Gaul and much of northern Germany. Upon his death, his realm was divided between his four sons: Theuderic, Chlodomer, C...
In 523, Queen Clotilde called a meeting of her sons. "My dear children," she said, according to Gregory of Tours, "you must surely resent the wrong which has been done to me. You must do all in your power to avenge the death of my mother and father" (166). Clotilde was speaking of the murder of Chilperic II of Burgundy, her father, who was assassin...
Immediately after Chlodomer's death in 524, the surviving three brothers raced to carve up his lands. Chlothar took Tours and Poitier for himself and went a step further by marrying Guntheuc, Chlodomer's widow; through this marriage, Chlothar gained access to Chlodomer's treasury. But there was a slight problem: Chlodomer had not died childless. He...
Around 531, Chlothar's half-brother Theuderic invaded Thuringia to avenge an insult done to him by the Thuringian king Hermanafrid. Theuderic asked Chlothar to accompany him on this campaign, a proposition which Chlothar happily accepted. The brothers defeated Hermanafrid's army in a battle along the River Unstrut; here, writes Gregory of Tours, th...
Like his brothers, Chlothar was a Nicene (Catholic) Christian because of their father Clovis' conversion, but under Salic Law, Frankish nobles were allowed to take multiple wives at once for political alliances and to ensure enough sons for succession. Chlothar's wives, and the sons born to them, include: 1. Guntheuc: married in 524, widow of Chlot...
Queen Clotilde died in 544. Chlothar and Childebert had her buried beside Clovis in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Paris. Her death reignited the spark of rivalry between the brothers, who continued to look for ways to undermine one another. In 555, while Chlothar was off campaigning against the Saxonsalong the Weser and Elbe rivers, Childebert...
Gregory suggests that Chlothar was wracked with guilt by the method with which he had killed Chramn. He apparently visited St. Martin's Church in Tours, bringing with him many gifts in the hope of repenting of the many evil deeds he had done throughout his 50-year reign. In 561, while on a hunting trip in the forest of Cuise, King Chlothar I came d...
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Mar 11, 2023 · Clotaire (Clothaire) (Chlothar) I, King of the Franks, 558-562, born in 500 and died in 562. He married, according to Gregory of Tours, (1) Guntheuca, wife of his dead brother, Chlodomer.
Apr 18, 2024 · Chlotar I (born c. 500?—died late 561, Compiègne, Fr.) was a Merovingian king of Soissons from 511 and of the whole Frankish kingdom from 558, who played an important part in the extension of Frankish hegemony.
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Clotaire I. views 2,770,436 updated. Clotaire I (klōtâr´), d. 561, Frankish king, son of Clovis I. On his father's death (511) he and his brothers received equal shares of the Frankish kingdom. His capital was at Soissons.
Chlothar II. Chlothar II, [a] sometimes called "the Young" ( French: le Jeune), (May/June 584 – 18 October 629) [2] was king of the Franks, ruling Neustria (584–629), [3] Burgundy (613–629) and Austrasia (613–623). The son of Chilperic I and his third wife, Fredegund, he started his reign as an infant under the regency of his mother ...
Clotaire I klōtârˈ [key], d. 561, Frankish king, son of Clovis I. On his father's death (511) he and his brothers received equal shares of the Frankish kingdom. His capital was at Soissons. In 524 he and his brother Childebert I divided the kingdom
