General Notes

1  NAME /Clotilda/
1  BIRT
2  DATE 475
1  DEAT
2  DATE 545
2  PLAC Tours, France


Clotilda was the younger daughter of King Chilperic II of the Burgundians. On h er father's murder by her uncles, she and her sister Chroma escaped Burgundy. C lotilda married Clovis, King of the Franks, in 493 and had with him five childr en. She was the person primarily responsible for Clovis' conversion to Christia nity, and, therefore, the conversion of all of France. At Clovis' death in 511, Clotilda went into a monastery at Tours where she stayed until her death in 54 5. She was canonized a few years after her death, and her traditional feast day is June 3.[New Cunard.ged]

Clotilda was the younger daughter of King Chilperic II of the Burgundians. On h er father's murder by her uncles, she and her sister Chroma escaped Burgundy. C lotilda married Clovis, King of the Franks, in 493 and had with him five childr en. She was the person primarily responsible for Clovis' conversion to Christia nity, and, therefore, the conversion of all of France. At Clovis' death in 511, Clotilda went into a monastery at Tours where she stayed until her death in 54 5. She was canonized a few years after her death, and her traditional feast day is June 3.