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According to Gregory of Tours, Chlodoric murdered his own father in order to take his kingdom of Ripuarian Franks, acting upon the instigation of Clovis I, a rival king of the Salian Franks. Sometime after Sigobert's aided Clovis's victory on the Visigoths in 507, Chlodoric sent assassins upon his father as he took a sojourn in a forest near Fulda.
Despite his having lended assistance to Clovis on two previous occasions, according to Gregory of Tours, Sigobert was murdered by his son Chlodoric upon the instigation of Clovis I, [4] when his son sent assassins upon him as he took a sojourn from his kingdom in a forest near Fulda. [3]
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After Sigobert's death Clovis then accused Chlodoric of the murder and had him killed in his turn for the crime. In this way Clovis became king of Sigobert's and Chlodoric's people. Gregory suggest that Chlodoric was murdered in the same campaign that also killed the Frankish King Chararic.
According to Gregory of Tours, Chlodoric murdered his own father in order to take his kingdom of Ripuarian Franks, acting upon the instigation of Clovis I, a rival king of the Salian Franks. Sometime after Sigobert's aided Clovis's victory on the Visigoths in 507, Chlodoric sent assassins upon his father as he took a sojourn in a forest near Fulda.
Despite his having lended assistance to Clovis on two previous occasions, according to Gregory of Tours, Sigobert was murdered by his son Chlodoric upon the instigation of Clovis I, [4] when his son sent assassins upon him as he took a sojourn from his kingdom in a forest near Fulda. [3]
In this way Clovis became king of Sigobert's and Chlodoric's people. Gregory of Tours suggests that Chlodoric was murdered in the same campaign that also killed the Frankish King Chararic. Before, Clovis had killed King Ragnachar and his brothers.
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Apr 29, 2021 · According to Gregory of Tours, Chloderic, was secretly talked into murdering his father Sigobert "the lame," by Clovis I, King of the Franks. But the assassination didn't go as planned, and as it turned out ...
