General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> King
Note: Guntram stabbed his brother Chilperic to death
Note:
Brentano, "A History of Gaul", p. 266
Chilperic got Chlothar's kingdom, with Soissons as his resi
dence when his
father died
(Research):(chIl´perIk) , d. 584, Frankish king of Neustri
a (561-84), son of Clotaire I. He feuded bitterly with hi
s brother Sigebert I , who had inherited the E Frankish kin
gdom that came to be known as Austrasia. Their struggle bec
ame savage after Chilperic and his mistress and future wife
, Fredegunde  , murdered (567) Chilperic's second wife, Gal
swintha; she was the sister of Sigebert's wife, Brunhild
a  . In the wars between the two brothers, Sigebert overra
n Neustria before his death (575). Later, Chilperic was mur
dered, probably at the instigation of Brunhilda. The feud w
as inherited by Chilperic's son and successor, Clotaire I
I .
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