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Clothaire I "The Old", King Of France
497 - 561 (64 years)-
Name Clothaire I "The Old" Suffix King Of France Nickname The Old Birth 497 Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, Franconie 
Gender Male FamilySearch ID GJTW-84V Name The Old Occupation King of France _UID 7F12558251B640A1914C6297F797DA8B19C0 Death 10 Nov 561 Braines, Loire-Atlantique, Franconie Burial 23 Nov 561 St. Medard's Church, Soissons, Franconie Person ID I25735 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 29 Dec 2022
Father King Clovis I "The Great", of France, b. 466, Tournai, Hainault, Wallonia, Belgium d. 27 Nov 511, Church Of St Pierre, Paris, France (Age 45 years) Mother Saint Clotilda (Queen Of The Franks) BURGUNDY, b. 475, Remu, Bourgogne, Burgundy, France d. 3 Jun 545, Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, Touraine, France (Age 70 years) Marriage 492 France Family ID F4340 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Chunsena Von Thuringen, b. 490, Thuringia, Germany d. 533 (Age 43 years) Marriage 513 Children 1. Chramn De Franconie, b. 513 d. 560 (Age 47 years) Family ID F4361 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 2 Ingonde Von Thuringen, b. 500, Thuringia, Germany d. 536 (Age 36 years) Marriage 514 Children 1. Gunthar De Franconie, b. 516 d. Yes, date unknown 2. Childeric De Franconie, b. 517 d. 561 (Age 44 years) 3. Chlodoswinda (Clotsinda) De Franconie, b. 518 d. Yes, date unknown 4. Caribert (Charlibert) I (King Of Paris - 561-567), b. 520, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France d. 7 May 567, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France (Age 47 years)5. Guntram (King Of Burgundy - 561-592), b. 525, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France d. 28 Mar 592 (Age 67 years)6. Sigebert I (King Of Metz - 561-575), b. 535, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France d. Nov 575, Vitry Near Arras, France (Age 40 years)Family ID F4380 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 3 Guntheuc, b. 495, France d. 532, France (Age 37 years) Marriage 524 Family ID F4353 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 4 Saint Radegunda (Aregonde) Von Thuringen, b. 501, Thuringia, Germany d. 13 Aug 587, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France (Age 86 years) Marriage 531 Children 1. King Chilperic I (King Of Neustrie) FRANCS, b. 536, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France d. Sep 584, Chelles, Neustria, France (Age 48 years)Family ID F4355 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 5 Queen Ingundis (Haregonde) Of The THURINGIAN, b. Abt 504, Thuringia, Germany d. Aft 535 (Age ~ 32 years) Marriage 532 His 4Th Marriage Children 1. Charibert I, King Of Paris, b. 520, Of Paris, Seine, France d. 7 May 570 (Age 50 years)2. King Sigebert I Des FRANCS, b. 535 d. Nov 575, Vitry-En-Perthois, France (Age 40 years)Family ID F11645 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 6 Arnegundis Of THURINGIAN, b. 510 d. 573 (Age 63 years) Marriage Abt 536 His 5Th Marriage Family ID F123 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 7 Wultrade Di Lombardi, b. 531 d. 572 (Age 41 years) Marriage 555 Family ID F4348 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - King of Soissons 511-558 - King of Austrasia 555-558 - King of the Franks558-561. Son of Clovis I King of the Franks, Chlotar inherited Soissonson Clovis' death in 511. He, with his four brothers, attached and defeated Burgundy under the kings Sigisbert and Godomar early in his reign. With this oldest brother, Theuderic I, King of Metz, he attacked the Thuringian Franks under King Hermanfrid, took the kingdom, and took his daughter Radegund. Next, with his brother Childebert I, King of Paris, Chlotar murdered his nephews who were under the care of Queen Clotilda, his mother. When Theuderic died, the kingdom was up for grabs. Chlotar and Childebert each received only a small part, the most of it going to Theudebert, his son. In 555, Theudebald, who had succeeded hisfather Theudebert in Austrasia, died, and Austrasia passed to Chlotar. When Chlotar died in 561, the kingdom was divided among his four living sons: Charibert (Paris), Guntram (Burgundy), Chilperic (Soissons), andSigebert (Metz).
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 LarousseUniversel.) (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 deBourgogne.
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. Marriedcirca 516: Aregonde); Radegonde was Clotaire I's second legitimate wife.Note - between 523 and 560: In accordance with Salic Law, upon Clovis I'sdeath, his four sons [Thierry, the eldest and born from an unknownconcubine before Clovis was married, and the other three, Clodomir,Childebert and Clotaire, divided the kingdom not unlike a cake, but withunequal parts. Clotaire, the youngest, received the most primitive lands,extending from the charbonniere forest [the North of Gaule] to the SommeRiver and beyond to include Noyon, Soissons and Laon. Soissons was itscapital. The brothers constantly engaged in bloody fights in order toaugment their holdings. In 523, three of Clovis I's sons, Clotaire,Childebert and Clodomir, launch their first campaign against theBurgundians. They catch Sigismond=Zygmund, out of the Monastery ofAgaune, as well as his wife and his children. They are given to thecustody of Clodomir. He has the entire family murdered by throwing theminto a well at Saint-Peravy-la-Coulombe [near Patay] . Clotaire I becameKing of Orleans in 526 and King of Austrasie in 555. He was known for hiscruelty and plotted and implemented the murder of his brother's(Clodomir) sons with Childebert, his other brother. In July throughDecember 524, two of Clodomir's sons thus are murdered. Clodomir himselfhad died at the Battle of Vezeronce [in Isere] on 25 June 524. Clotairegets Tours and Poitiers. In 531 Thierry and Clotaire I are occupied inbattle against the Thuringians. Their King, Hermanefried died in combatby falling from a rempart in Tolbiac [with a little push] . His mother,Radegonde, who is among the captives, becomes Clotaire's third wife. In532, Clotaire and Childebert begin their third campaign against theBurgundians. This time, they take Autun. Upon Thierry;s death in 534, hislands are divided, and Clotaire gets the entire southern portion ofThierry's holdings including Grenoble, Die and neighboring cities.
In 536, Clotaire obtains the northern part of Provence encompassingOrange, Carpentras and Gap from Vitiges, King of the Ostrogoths. WhenTheobald 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. Chramnerebels and fights against his father. Upon Childebert's death 23 December558, he reunited all parts of the Frankish kingdom, and Clotaire becomessole King of the Francs. The following year, his son, Chramne againrebels, but has to seek refuge with the Count of Brittany, Conober who isestablished in Vannes. In 560, they lose to Clotaire and Chramne, hiswife 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.
- King of Soissons 511-558 - King of Austrasia 555-558 - King of the Franks558-561. Son of Clovis I King of the Franks, Chlotar inherited Soissonson Clovis' death in 511. He, with his four brothers, attached and defeated Burgundy under the kings Sigisbert and Godomar early in his reign. With this oldest brother, Theuderic I, King of Metz, he attacked the Thuringian Franks under King Hermanfrid, took the kingdom, and took his daughter Radegund. Next, with his brother Childebert I, King of Paris, Chlotar murdered his nephews who were under the care of Queen Clotilda, his mother. When Theuderic died, the kingdom was up for grabs. Chlotar and Childebert each received only a small part, the most of it going to Theudebert, his son. In 555, Theudebald, who had succeeded hisfather Theudebert in Austrasia, died, and Austrasia passed to Chlotar. When Chlotar died in 561, the kingdom was divided among his four living sons: Charibert (Paris), Guntram (Burgundy), Chilperic (Soissons), andSigebert (Metz).