 Chlotar of "'The Old'" Franks, King of Franks, son of Clovis of "'The Great'" Franks, King of Franks and St. Clothilde of Burgundy.Born 497 at Rheims, Marne, Champagne, France, died Nov 23, 561 at Compiegne, Loire, France, 63 or 64 years ID: I39738 Name: Chlotar I (Clothaire) "The Old" King of Franks 1 Sex: M Name: Chlothar I 2 Birth: ABT 500 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France 1 Death: 23 NOV 561 in Compiegne, Loire, France 3 Event: Acceded 511 King of Soissons, then 555 King of Reims, and 558 King of the Franks 4 2 Event: Fact King of Soissons 4 Note: King of Franks (558-561) King of Soissons (511), King of Orleans, King of France SOURCES: "Rulers of the World" by R.F.Tapsell Clotaire = Clothar I, King de Soissons (Paul, Nouveau Larousse Universel.) (Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians.) (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 216, Line 303-50.) (Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome 1, Pages 200 - 208, 214). AKA: Clotaire I, King d'Orleans. AKA: Clotaire I, King d'Austrasie. Born: in 497, son of Clovis I, King des Francs and Sainte Clotilde de Bourgogne. Married between 510 and 515: Ingonthe who was Clotaire I's first wife. She gave him a daughter and five sons, three of whom survived. Married circa 516: Aregonde); Radegonde was Clotaire I's second legitimate wife. Note - between 523 and 560: In accordance with Salic Law, upon Clovis I's death, his four sons [Thierry, the eldest and born from an unknown concubine before Clovis was married, and the other three, Clodomir, Childebert and Clotaire, divided the kingdom not unlike a cake, but with unequal parts. Clotaire, the youngest, received the most primitive lands, extending from the charbonniere forest [the North of Gaule] to the Somme River and beyond to include Noyon, Soissons and Laon. Soissons was its capital. The brothers constantly engaged in bloody fights in order to augment their holdings. In 523, three of Clovis I's sons, Clotaire, Childebert and Clodomir, launch their first campaign against the Burgundians. They catch Sigismond=Zygmund, out of the Monastery of Agaune, as well as his wife and his children. They are given to the custody of Clodomir. He has the entire family murdered by throwing them into a well at Saint-Peravy-la-Coulombe [near Patay] . Clotaire I became King of Orleans in 526 and King of Austrasie in 555. He was known for his cruelty and plotted and implemented the murder of his brother's (Clodomir) sons with Childebert, his other brother. In July through December 524, two of Clodomir's sons thus are murdered. Clodomir himself had died at the Battle of Vezeronce [in Isere] on 25 June 524. Clotaire gets Tours and Poitiers. In 531 Thierry and Clotaire I are occupied in battle against the Thuringians. Their King, Hermanefried died in combat by falling from a rempart in Tolbiac [with a little push] . His mother, Radegonde, who is among the captives, becomes Clotaire's third wife. In 532, Clotaire and Childebert begin their third campaign against the Burgundians. This time, they take Autun. Upon Thierry;s death in 534, his lands are divided, and Clotaire gets the entire southern portion of Thierry's holdings including Grenoble, Die and neighboring cities. In 536, Clotaire obtains the northern part of Provence encompassing Orange, Carpentras and Gap from Vitiges, King of the Ostrogoths. When Theobald dies in 555, Clotaire gives the Auvergne to his son, Chramne. The next year, Clotaire would fail in his campaign against the Saxons, but they will continue to pay him an annual tribute of 500 cows. Chramne rebels and fights against his father. Upon Childebert's death 23 December 558, he reunited all parts of the Frankish kingdom, and Clotaire becomes sole King of the Francs. The following year, his son, Chramne again rebels, but has to seek refuge with the Count of Brittany, Conober who is established in Vannes. In 560, they lose to Clotaire and Chramne, his wife and their children are burnt alive on the orders of Clotaire. Married circa 547: Radegonde, Princess de Turinge , daughter of Hermanefried, King de Turinge (8164) and N? ; The Thuringians had been submitted to the Francs. Clotaire and his half-brother Thierry had led a brutal campaign against them and had crushed them on the banks of the Saale in 531. Among Clotaire's share of the bounty was a beautiful young girl, the Christian Princess Radegonde. Radegonde was Clotaire I's third legitimate wife, and fifth mate. Clotaire I was about 50 years old.The Family Trees of the Kings of France, p. 11: Chlotar I, the fourth son of Clovis, became King of Soissons as his 1/4th upon his father's death Over the years he absorbed the kingdom's given to his brothers and near the end of his life he became King of the Franks. Upon his death, his kingdom, like that of his father, was divied among four sons. [Ancestry.com Tree 28319 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Jan 15, 2000 Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Chlotar I Text: date of his campaign against the Thuringians From 'Maloney, Hendrick & Many Others' at Rootsweb.com. Contact James H. Maloney; ancestors@maloneylaw.com. Married at 2nd wife to:  Radegunda of "Tharagunda Unknown" Thuringia, daughter of Berthar of Thuringia, King of the Thuringe and N.N..Born ± ABT. 502 at Thuringia, died 587 at Paris, France, approximately 85 years, buried at St. Denis, Paris, Ile-de-France, France Name: Radegunda of Thuringia 1 Sex: F Name: Ragedund of Thuringia 2 Birth: ABT 502 in Thuringia, Germany 3 Death: 587 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France 4 5 Burial: St Denis, Paris, Ile-de-France, France 3 Father: Berthar King of The Thuringe b: ABT 470 in Thuringia, Germany Marriage 1 Chlotar I (Clothaire) "The Old" King of Franks b: ABT 500 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France Married: ABT 531 in 2nd wife 6 Children Chilperic I King of Soissons - Franks b: 539 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardy, France Sources: Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Clovis I, Chlotar I Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France Author: Jean-Charles Volkman Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris Repository: Note: JHM Library Call Number: Media: Book Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Author: Jim Weber Publication: ancestry.com Note: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources. Repository: Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com Call Number: Media: Electronic Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Author: Jim Weber Publication: ancestry.com Note: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources. Repository: Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: d. Paris Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France Author: Jean-Charles Volkman Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris Repository: Note: JHM Library Call Number: Media: Book Text: d. 587 Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Chlotar I Text: date of his campaign against the Thuringians Name: Tharagunda Given Name: Tharagunda Sex: F Birth: ABT 0500 in Thuringia Reference Number: Newlin _UID: 13B343A7A58F2B47AFCE7B1C6842D79B8617 Note: !Cole Waite NEWLIN LINE - 27th ggrandmother Change Date: 5 Apr 2003 at 22:16:17 Marriage 1 Clotaire I 'the Old' MEROVINGIAN King of Franks b: 0497 in Reims, Neustria Children Charibert, King of PARIS b: ABT 0520 in of Paris, France Chilperic I, King of SOISSONS b: ABT 0523 in Soissons, Aisneons, France Blithildis of COLOGNE Princess of France b: ABT 0525 in of Cologne, Austrasia Guntram of Burgundy of Orleans GONTRAN King b: ABT 0525 in of Orleans,and Burgundy,,France From'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com Children: 1. Charlbert of Paris, King of ParisBorn 520 at ID: I07791 Name: Charlbert I of Paris 1 2 Sex: M Title: King of Paris Name: Caribert 3 Birth: 520 in Paris, Seine, France 1 2 Death: 7 MAY 567 2 4 Event: Acceded 561 King of Paris 3 Note: ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, 1960, Vol. 5, p. 247: CHARIBERT (d. 567), king of the Franks, was the son of Chotaire I. On Clotaire's death in 561 his estates were divided between his sons, Charibert receiving Paris as his capital, together with Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Limoges, Bordeaux and Toulouse. Besides his wife, Ingoberga, he had unions with Merofleda, a wool carder's daughter, and Theodogilda, a daughter of a neatherd. He was on of teh most dissolute of the Merovingian kings. Father: Chlotar I (Clothaire) "The Old" King of Franks b: ABT 500 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France Mother: Ingonde b: ABT 500 in France Marriage 1 Ingoberge b: ABT 520 in Paris, Seine, France Married: WFT Est 536-567 1 Children Berthe Aldeberge b: ABT 541 in Paris, Seine, France Sources: Title: World Family Tree Vol. 22, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: June 8, 1998 Note: Customer pedigree. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Tree 28319 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Jan 15, 2000 Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France Author: Jean-Charles Volkman Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris Repository: Note: JHM Library Call Number: Media: Book Title: ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA Author: William Benton, Publisher Publication: 1960 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Vol 5, p. 247 From 'Maloney, Hendrick & Many Others' at Rootsweb.com. Contact James H. Maloney; ancestors@maloneylaw.com. 2. Chilperic of Soissons & "King of Soissons and Franks" FranksBorn 523 at Name: Chilperic I King of Soissons - Franks 1 1 Sex: M Name: Chilperic I of the Franks 2 3 Birth: 539 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardy, France 1 1 Death: SEP 584 in Chelles, Ile-de-France, France 1 1 Death: OCT 584 in Chelles, France 4 Event: Acceded 561 King of Soissons & Neustria 4 Note: In his ability to generate spouses, Chilperic was no more elegant than his debauched brother Gontran. Audovere was Chilperic's first wife and bore him Merovee, [though some argue that he was Galwinthe's (Chilperic's second wife) son] Theodebert and Clovis, as well as a daughter, Hildeswinthe. Her servant, Fredegonde [whom Chilperic I immediately took as his concubine], may have been instrumental in her demise in her own drive to come to the throne. Note - between 561 and 584: Upon the death of his father Clotaire I, Chilperic I's share of the estate makes him King of Soissons and he reigns from 561 to 584. After the death of his brother, Caribert I in 567, Chilperic I gets Toulouse, as well as the largest part of the ecclesiastical provinces of Rouen and Tours, which gives him a wide access to the sea. Desiring to take revenge on his brother Sigebert I -- Chilperic could not swallow the loss of Galswinthe's dowry in 569 through the Andelot Accord -- Chilperic charges his son Clovis [born of his first union with Audovere] with the occupation of Tours and of Poitiers. Chilperic's other son, [also by Audovere] Theodebert defeats the Austrasian general Gondevald. The war between the brothers extends into 574 and 575 at which time the kingdom is invaded, and Chilperic is forced to take refuge in Tournai, and the Great Nobles [viri in lustres] abandon him. After Siegbert is murdered in 575, Chilperic and Fredegonde come out of Tournai. Chilperic piously burries his brother [whom he just had murdered] at Lambres, Chilperic I's reign was marked by many wars he waged against his brothers for the territories of the kingdom. He was assassinated. He was the King of Neustrie. Married between 562 and 584: Galswinthe=Galswitha, daughter of Athanagild, King of Spain, Chilperic's second wife, and she may have been the mother of Merovee, herein ascribed to the first wife. She was to die by strangling in a plot originated by Fredegonde (Chilperic's third wife). This murder began a bloody feud between Fredegonde and Brunehaut (Galswinthe's sister). Married before 584: Fredegonde; First the servant of Audovere, then first wife of Chilperic, Fredegonde was beautiful and ambitious. She first had Chilperic I repudiate Audovere and lock her up in a monastery, where the unfortunate was murdered on the orders of Fredegonde after 15 years of solitary confinement. However, all did not go immediately well, for when Chilperic learned of the brilliant marriage of his younger brother, Sigebert to Brunehaut, he arranged to have Fredegonde relegated to her role as concubine and asked Athanagild for the hand of another of his daughter, the older sister of Brunehaut, named Galswinthe. He promised in turn that he would repudiate all his other spouses so as to be worthy of a wife of such royal blood. When Galswinthe arrived, she was greeted with honor and respect as she brought an extensively rich treasure as dowry with her. Fredegonde had Galswitha, second wife of Chilperic strangled and replaced her on the throne. This murder began the feud with Brunehaut, Galswinthe's sister. She had her husband assassinated and had the Archbishop of Rouen (Pretexta) killed. She governed Neustrie in the name of her young son Clothaire II. Died: in 584 in Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Champagne, France, Chilperic was assassinated, reportedly by a hired hand of Fredegonde as he was returning from a hunt in Chelles [Seine-et-Marne] . His body was shipped up the Marne and was buried in the Basilica de Saint-Vincent, near Paris [Saint-Germain-des-Pres].In his ability to generate spouses, Chilperic was no more elegant than his debauched brother Gontran. Audovere was Chilperic's first wife and bore him Merovee, [though some argue that he was Galwinthe's (Chilperic's second wife) son] Theodebert and Clovis, as well as a daughter, Hildeswinthe. Her servant, Fredegonde [whom Chilperic I immediately took as his concubine], may have been instrumental in her demise in her own drive to come to the throne. Note - between 561 and 584: Upon the death of his father Clotaire I, Chilperic I's share of the estate makes him King of Soissons and he reigns from 561 to 584. After the death of his brother, Caribert I in 567, Chilperic I gets Toulouse, as well as the largest part of the ecclesiastical provinces of Rouen and Tours, which gives him a wide access to the sea. Desiring to take revenge on his brother Sigebert I -- Chilperic could not swallow the loss of Galswinthe's dowry in 569 through the Andelot Accord -- Chilperic charges his son Clovis [born of his first union with Audovere] with the occupation of Tours and of Poitiers. Chilperic's other son, [also by Audovere] Theodebert defeats the Austrasian general Gondevald. The war between the brothers extends into 574 and 575 at which time the kingdom is invaded, and Chilperic is forced to take refuge in Tournai, and the Great Nobles [viri in lustres] abandon him. After Siegbert is murdered in 575, Chilperic and Fredegonde come out of Tournai. Chilperic piously burries his brother [whom he just had murdered] at Lambres, Chilperic I's reign was marked by many wars he waged against his brothers for the territories of the kingdom. He was assassinated. He was the King of Neustrie. Married between 562 and 584: Galswinthe=Galswitha, daughter of Athanagild, King of Spain, Chilperic's second wife, and she may have been the mother of Merovee, herein ascribed to the first wife. She was to die by strangling in a plot originated by Fredegonde (Chilperic's third wife). This murder began a bloody feud between Fredegonde and Brunehaut (Galswinthe's sister). Married before 584: Fredegonde; First the servant of Audovere, then first wife of Chilperic, Fredegonde was beautiful and ambitious. She first had Chilperic I repudiate Audovere and lock her up in a monastery, where the unfortunate was murdered on the orders of Fredegonde after 15 years of solitary confinement. However, all did not go immediately well, for when Chilperic learned of the brilliant marriage of his younger brother, Sigebert to Brunehaut, he arranged to have Fredegonde relegated to her role as concubine and asked Athanagild for the hand of another of his daughter, the older sister of Brunehaut, named Galswinthe. He promised in turn that he would repudiate all his other spouses so as to be worthy of a wife of such royal blood. When Galswinthe arrived, she was greeted with honor and respect as she brought an extensively rich treasure as dowry with her. Fredegonde had Galswitha, second wife of Chilperic strangled and replaced her on the throne. This murder began the feud with Brunehaut, Galswinthe's sister. She had her husband assassinated and had the Archbishop of Rouen (Pretexta) killed. She governed Neustrie in the name of her young son Clothaire II. Died: in 584 in Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Champagne, France, Chilperic was assassinated, reportedly by a hired hand of Fredegonde as he was returning from a hunt in Chelles [Seine-et-Marne] . His body was shipped up the Marne and was buried in the Basilica de Saint-Vincent, near Paris [Saint-Germain-des-Pres]. The Family Trees of the Kings of France: "He was literate and a patron of the performing arts but was also a tyrant who was fond of debauchery. In 566 he married Galswinthe, the sister of Brunhilde, his brother Sigegert I's wife. However he had her strangled by Fredegund whom he took as his second spouse (568). The assassination led to a long war between the two kingdoms. Chilperic I was defeated by the Autrisasians in 575 but was saved by the death of his brother. He died in mysterious circumstances in his villa in Chelles in 584. ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, 1906, Vol 5, p. 501: Chilperic I (d. 584) was on of the sos of Clotaire I. On his father's death in 501, fearing that, as he was illegitimate, his brothers would deprive him of his share of the patrimony, he seized the royal treasure at Berny and entered Paris, prepared to bargain. The resulting division of the patrimony gave Chilperic the old Salian territories of the modern Picardy, Flanders, and Hainaut; this included Soissons. When Charibert died in 567, Chiperic's share of his property included lands and cities in the west and in Aquitaine. Distrust of his brothers, fear of his insecure eastern frontier, and the perpetual need of land and treasure for his followers caused Chilperic to attack Sigebert's town of Reims. There followed a series of campaigns in which Reims and Soissons were the key points. Sigebert's marriage to the Visigothic princess Brunhilda (Brunechildis) , daughter of King Athanagild, seemed to endanger Chilperic's possessions in Aquitaine; so Chilperic put away his wife and married Galswintha, Athanagild's elder daughter. This prudent step angered his followers, who hated the Arian Visigoths. Galswintha was shortly murdered, to be replaced by Chilperic's former mistress, Fredegond (q.v.). This lady was Gregory of Tours pet aversion, but Chilperic's subjects seemed to prefer her to her predecessor. The consequent vendetta with Sigebert and Brunhilda, in which Guntram of Burgundy acted occasionally as arbitrator, lasted almost without pause, for 40 years and was castigated by Gregory of Tours as bella civilia. After Sigebert's murder in 575, Chilperic became effectively master of the regnum Francorum. The Visigothic king Leovigild sought the hand of his daughter Rigunthis for his heir Reccard. Chilperic was assassinated near Chelles in 584. Chilperic was naturally ferocious and appeared to Gregory of Tours as the Nero and the Herod of this time. But he was the ablest and most interest of the grandsons of Clovis. As a bastard he had to fight for his existence; yet a builders of circurses, he seems to have had ideas about a king's duties that were Roman or Byzantine rather than Germanic. His fiscal measures were vigorous and provoked the hatred of the church (which suffered from them). His court circle has something more that pretensions of culture; it appreciated poetry and even theological discussion. Father: Chlotar I (Clothaire) "The Old" King of Franks b: ABT 500 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France Mother: Radegunda of Thuringia b: ABT 502 in Thuringia, Germany Marriage 1 Audovera b: ABT 525 in guesstimate Divorced: 565 in repudiated 4 Divorced: Marriage 2 Galswinthe of the Visigoths b: ABT 540 in Spain Married: ABT 566 4 Marriage 3 Fredegund b: 543 in France Married: BEF 583 in 2nd wife 5 Married: ABT 564 in France 2 Married: AFT 568 4 Children Chlotar II King of Soissons , & West Franks b: MAY 584 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardy, France Sources: Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, 1993 edition Author: Turton, William H. Publication: Genalogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1928 (1993 edition) Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Title: Ancestry.com Tree 8319 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Jan 15, 2000 Title: Directory of Royal Genealogical Data Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science Publication: Department of Computer Science, Hull University Note: usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc Repository: Note: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html Call Number: Media: Electronic Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France Author: Jean-Charles Volkman Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris Repository: Note: JHM Library Call Number: Media: Book Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Chilperic I 3. Bildechildis of "Blithildes of Cologne" Franks, Princess of FranksBorn ± ABT. 525 at Name: Bildechildis Princes de France 1 Sex: F Name: Princess Blithilda 2 Birth: 513 2 Death: 600 2 Father: Chlotar I King of the Franks b: 490 Mother: Hardengonde Marriage 1 Ansebert Gouvenour de Gaul b: 500 Children Erchanaud Arnoldus Bishop of Metz b: 535 Gertrudis Duchess Of Franconia b: 540 in Franconia, Germany Sources: Title: Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville Author: Ernst-Friedrich Kraentzler Publication: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1978 Repository: Call Number: 78-53749 Media: Book Page: 1636 Title: scary.ged Author: Susan (Poliksa) Cary scary @ infowest.com Publication: RootsWeb World Connect, db=poliksa Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Oct 3, 2001 4. Sigebert of Franks, King of FranksBorn ± ABT. 535 at Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France, died 575 at Vitry near Arras, France, approximately 40 years ID: I11189 Name: Sigebert I King of Franks 1 2 Sex: M ALIA: Sigebert I King of /\France\/ Name: Sigebert I 3 Birth: 535 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France 1 Death: 575 4 Death: NOV 575 in Vitry near Arras, France 1 Event: Acceded 561 King of Reims and Austrasia 4 3 Father: Chlotar I (Clothaire) "The Old" King of Franks b: ABT 500 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France Mother: Ingonde b: ABT 500 in France Marriage 1 Brunhild Princess of Visigoths b: ABT 535 in Spain Married: ABT 566 in Metz, Austrasia, France 5 Children Chodoswinth of Austrasia b: ABT 550 in Austrasia, France Ingunda of Austrasia b: ABT 550 in France Ingunda of Austrasia b: 567 Childebert II King of The Franks b: ABT 555 Sources: Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Sigebert I Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, 1993 edition Author: Turton, William H. Publication: Genalogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1928 (1993 edition) Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 8 Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France Author: Jean-Charles Volkman Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris Repository: Note: JHM Library Call Number: Media: Book Title: Directory of Royal Genealogical Data Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science Publication: Department of Computer Science, Hull University Note: usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc Repository: Note: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html Call Number: Media: Electronic Title: Ancestry.com Tree 8319 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Jan 15, 2000 From 'Maloney, Hendrick & Many Others' at Rootsweb.com. Contact James H. Maloney; ancestors@maloneylaw.com. | |||