General Notes

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WHWC after kingdom is divided in 511 between Cloodmus (including Burgundy& Orleans), Childebert (Paris), Thierry (Metz, Austrasia) and CLOTAIRE I(Neustria, Soissons), Clotaire I becomes sole ruler of combined Germany(Germania) and France (Gallia) around 558.  Kingdom is then again dividedbetween Clotaire I's four sons, including Gontram (Burgundy and Orleans),Charibert (Paris), Sicibent (Australia, Metz), and Chilperic (Neustria)in 561.
ohme p 67 (continued from father Clovis) "The dying words of CLOTHAR I,by 561 the last surviving son of Clovis, were quite understandable:  'Wa!What kind of king is it in heaven, who kills off kings as great as me?'
ema p 308 "As Frankish custom mandated, on Clovis's death his enormouskingdom, which stretched from present-day Germany and Belgium to thePyrenees, was divided among his four sons.  . . . Warfare among Clovis'ssons disrupted the decades after his death, although the Franks succeededin conquering Burgundy by 534 and in aquiring Provence by 536.  Union ofthe Frankish kingdoms of Neustria, Austrasia and Burgundy occurred onlywhen a single heir survived, which happened in the case of Clovis's sonCLOTHAR I (between 558 and 561), Clothar's grandson and namesake CHLOTHARII (between 623 and 629) and Clothar II's son DAGOBERT (between 629 and638 or 639)."[JamesLinage.GED]

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WHWC after kingdom is divided in 511 between Cloodmus (including Burgundy& Orleans), Childebert (Paris), Thierry (Metz, Austrasia) and CLOTAIRE I(Neustria, Soissons), Clotaire I becomes sole ruler of combined Germany(Germania) and France (Gallia) around 558.  Kingdom is then again dividedbetween Clotaire I's four sons, including Gontram (Burgundy and Orleans),Charibert (Paris), Sicibent (Australia, Metz), and Chilperic (Neustria)in 561.
ohme p 67 (continued from father Clovis) "The dying words of CLOTHAR I,by 561 the last surviving son of Clovis, were quite understandable:  'Wa!What kind of king is it in heaven, who kills off kings as great as me?'
ema p 308 "As Frankish custom mandated, on Clovis's death his enormouskingdom, which stretched from present-day Germany and Belgium to thePyrenees, was divided among his four sons.  . . . Warfare among Clovis'ssons disrupted the decades after his death, although the Franks succeededin conquering Burgundy by 534 and in aquiring Provence by 536.  Union ofthe Frankish kingdoms of Neustria, Austrasia and Burgundy occurred onlywhen a single heir survived, which happened in the case of Clovis's sonCLOTHAR I (between 558 and 561), Clothar's grandson and namesake CHLOTHARII (between 623 and 629) and Clothar II's son DAGOBERT (between 629 and638 or 639)."

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Son of Clovis I, King of Franks, he inherited Soissons on his death in511. He, with his four brothers, attacked and defeated Burgundy under thekings Sigisbert and Godomar early in his reign. With his oldest brotherTheuderic I, King of Metz, he attacked the Thuringian Franks under KingHermanfrid, took the kingdom, and took his daughter Radegund. Next, withhis brother Childebert I, King of Paris, Chlotar murdered his nephews whowere under the care of Queen Clotilda his mother. When Theuderic died,the kingdom was up for grabs. Chlotar and Childebert each received only asmall part, the most of it going to Theudebert, his son. In 555,Theudebald, who had succeeded his father Theudebert in Austrasia, died,and Austrasia passed to Chlotar. When Childebert died in 558, Paris fellto Chlotar as well, thus making him sole ruler of the Franks. WhenChlotar died in 561, the kingdom was divided among his 4 living sons:Charibert (Paris), Guntram (Burgundy), Chilperic (Soissons), and Sigebert(Metz).

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Clothaire I, King Of The Franks Franks [King Of The Sessions] , son ofClovis I "The Christian", King Of The Franks, and the Saint Queen Of TheFranks, Clothilde, was born about 497 in Rheims, Marne, Loire-Alantique,France. He died on 23 Nov 561 in Braines, Loire Atlantique, France, aboutage 64, and was buried in St. Medard Abbey, Soissons, Aisne, France.Another name for Clothaire was Clotaire I King Of Franks.

General Notes: He was a man of shocking character, "sensual and a brute",the Abbe Aigrain justly calls him. His matrimonial alliances have neverbeen properly disentangled; he was married at least 5 times and it iseven possible that his union with Radegund was polygamous.

In 531 Theodoric, King of Austrasia, and his half-brother, Clotaire I,King of Neustria, fell upon Hermenefrid, vanquished him, and carried homea great booty. Among the prisoners, Radegund, then about 12 years old,fell to the lot of King Clotaire.

Among other enormities, he burned alive in a cottage his own son andgrandchildren. He is said to have died penitent; during his last illnesshe showed great alarm and disturbance of mind at the remembrance of hiscrimes. (Lives of the Saints)

Alt Birth: Abt 487 Of, France

Noted events in his life were:

1. Fact 1: Reigned As Sole King 558-561.

2. Fact 2: Aka Clotaire I King Of The Franks.

3. Fact 3: King Of Soissons 511-561.

4. Fact 4: Had Six Wives.

Clothaire married Ingonde (Ingunde) Thuringia [Queen Of The Franks] about518 in France.

Children from this marriage were:

                i.  Guntramm of the Franks King Of Orléans (born ofOrléans, Loiret, France - died on 28 Mar 592 in France)
               ii.  Gonthier (Gunther), Prince Of The Franks Prince OfFranks (born about 519 France - died in 561)
              iii.  Charibert I , King Of Paris (born in 520 Paris,Seine, France - died on 7 May 567-568 , buried in St. Vincent Abbey,Paris, Seine, France)
               iv.  Gontran , King Of Orléans (born in 525 Of, Orléans,Loiret, France - died on 28 Mar 592-593 in France)
                v.  Clododinde, Queen Of The Lombards Of The Franks (bornabout 530 France - died)
               vi.  Sigebert I, King Of Metz King Of Austrasia (bornabout 535 Of Metz, Moselle, France - died about 575-579 in Metz, Moselle,France)
              vii.  Blithildus , Princess Of Sessions (born about 531 -died in 570)
             viii.  Chilperic I De Soissons King Of Franks (born about523 Of Soissons, Aisne, France - died in Oct 584 in France)

Clothaire next married Chunsena (Gunsine, Gunsinde) Of The Franks, notMarried. Chunsena (Gunsine, Gunsinde) Of The Franks died.

Clothaire next married Valtrude (Valdrade) ,Princess Of The Lombards[Concubine 3], not Married.

     Merovingian king of Soissons from 511 and of the whole Frankishkingdom from 558, who played an important part in the extension ofFrankish hegemony.
     The youngest of Clovis I's sons, Chlotar shared in the partition ofhis father's kingdom in 511, receiving the old heartlands of the SalianFranks in modern northern France and Belgium. After the death of hisbrother, Clodomir, in 524, he murdered his nephews and shared the kingdomof Orléans with his two remaining brothers, Childebert I and Theodoric I.The deaths without heirs of the latter's grandson, Theodebald, in 555 andof Childebert in 558 brought all the Frankish lands finally underChlotar's sway.
     Chlotar's principal campaigns were against the Burgundians in 523(with Childebert and
Clodomir) and 532/534 (when he and Childebert finally imposed Frankishrule), against the Visigoths in 532 (with Theodoric) and 542 (withChildebert), and against the Thuringians in c. 531 (with Theodoric); hemarried the Thuringian princess, Radegunda.  Chlotar was ruthless andbrutal, and the family rivalries and sometimes open hostilities in whichhe figured prominently were characteristic of Merovingian history; in 560he even had his rebellious son, Chram, together with Chram's family, putto death. Gregory of Tours describes Chlotar, wracked with fever on hisdeathbed, asking—whether in outrage or in admiration, what manner ofheavenly king it was who would bring great rulers to their deaths in sucha fashion.

To cite this page: "Chlotar I" Encyclopædia Britannica
<http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=84440&tocid=0&query=chlotar%20i>

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At the time of his father's death, he received Soissons, Laon, Noyon, andthe o ld Frankish country: Cambrai, Tournai, and the lower side of theMeuse.

One source records that Clotaire Clothar) had an incestuous relationshipwith his wife's sister. The
"History of the Franks" shows the relationship as a "marria ge."

1  NAME Clotair I "the Old" /Meroving/ 1  BIRT 2  DATE 499 2  PLACRheims,Marne, Loire-Atlantique, France 1  DEAT 2  DATE 561 1  DEAT 2DATE 23 NOV561 2  PLAC Braines, Loire-Atlantique , France

Sources: RC 303; AF; Kraentzler 1636; Collins; Pfafman; "the Franks"byEdward James; Chart i n "Women in the Wall" by Julia O'Faolain.
   Franks: Ruled from 511-561. the youngest and last surviving son ofClovis. Founded St. Meda rd Church at Soissons.
   RC: Clothaire I, King of Soissons, 511; King of Orleans, 524; KingofFrance, 558-561.
   K: Clothaire I, King of Franks and of Soissons.
   Collins: Clothaire I (pronounced Clotary).
   Pfafman: Clothaire I (Lothar I), King of Soissons 511-558. Sole Kingofthe Franks 558-561 . Born 499, died 561.
   Chart in "Women in the Wall" lists these wives for "Clotair" I:(1)Guntheuca, (2) Chunsina , (3) Ingunda, (4) Aregunda, (5) Radeguna, (6)aconcubine, and (7) Vuldetrada. It lists children for wives 2, 3, 4 and 6.

Lothar I (Clothaire I) , King of Soissons (Clovis "the Great"(Chlodovech) , Childeric I , Merovee (Meroveus) , Clodio of Thournai "theLong Haired" , Pharamond (Faramund) , Frotmund (Frimutel) , Boaz(Anfortas) , Titurel , Manael , Catheloys (Castellors) , Eurgen , LleuverMawr (Lucius the Great) , Coel I "Old King Cole" , Meric (Marius) ,Genvissa (Venus Julia) , Claudius Cæsar (Tiberius Claudius NeroGermanicus) , Antonia Minor , Marcus Antonius ) died in 561 in his villaof Compiègne, France, of a fever, in the 51st year of his reign.

Lothar married (1) St. Radegund , Princess von Thuringia daughter ofBerthar , King of the Thuringians. Radegund died on 13 Aug 587 inPoitiers, France, in the Abbey of Holy Cross, which she founded.

Lothar married (2) Ingonde daughter of Berthar, King von Thuringia.

They had the following children:

  M i Gunthar
  M ii Childeric
  M iii Charibert I , King de Paris
  M iv Guntram , King of Orléans (Burgundy)
  M v Sigibert I , King of Rheims (Austrasia)
   F vi Clothsind. Note: Clothsind married Alboin, King of theLongobards. Alboin was born about 545. He died before 574. Murdered byhis wife Rosamund.
    F vii Blithildis

Lothar married (3) Aregunde daughter of Berthar, King von Thuringia.

They had the following children:

M viii Chilperic I , King of Soissons (Neustria)

Lothar married (4) Chunsina.

They had the following children:

  M ix Chramn died in 560 in in the shores de Bretagne, strangled andthen burnt with his wife and daughters by order of his father.  Chramnmarried Chalda daughter of Wilichar. Chalda died in 560 in Brittany,France.

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