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King Chilperic I (King Of Neustrie) FRANCS
536 - 584 (48 years)-
Name Chilperic I (King Of Neustrie) FRANCS Prefix King Birth 536 Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France 
Gender Male _FSFTID GJT7-B2D _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GJT7-B2D _HASHTAG KING - Designated Royal King
_UID EE9D521BD4E8412F97F020B9E10EE0DF32F9 Death Sep 584 Chelles, Neustria, France Burial St.Vincent's Church, Paris, Seine, Franconie Person ID I8571 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 29 Dec 2022
Father Clothaire I "The Old", King Of France, b. 497, Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, Franconie d. 10 Nov 561, Braines, Loire-Atlantique, Franconie (Age 64 years) Mother Saint Radegunda (Aregonde) Von Thuringen, b. 501, Thuringia, Germany d. 13 Aug 587, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France (Age 86 years) Marriage 531 Family ID F4355 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Audovera, b. 530 d. 580 (Age 50 years) Children 1. Theodebert d. 575 2. Merovech d. 578 3. Clovis d. 580 4. Richilde (Princess Of Neustrie), b. 560 d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F4331 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 2 Fredegonda De Camberic ARDENNES, b. 545, France d. 8 Dec 597, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France (Age 52 years) Children 1. Rigunth d. Yes, date unknown 2. Samson, b. 575 d. 579 (Age 4 years) 3. Theuderic, b. 582 d. 584 (Age 2 years) 4. King Chlothar II Of THE FRANKS, b. May 584, 10th King Of Austrasia d. 18 Oct 629, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France (Age ~ 45 years)Family ID F4330 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 3 Galswintha (Princess Of The Visigoths), b. 540, Spain d. 567 (Age 27 years) Marriage 568 Family ID F4332 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Photos King Chilperic I of Neustrie Francs
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Notes - 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 byAudovere] Theodebert defeats the Austrasian general Gondevald. The warbetween the brothers extends into 574 and 575 at which time the kingdomis invaded, and Chilperic is forced to take refuge in Tournai, and theGreat Nobles [viri in lustres] abandon him. After Siegbert is murdered in575, Chilperic and Fredegonde come out of Tournai. Chilperic piouslyburries his brother [whom he just had murdered] at Lambres, Chilperic I'sreign was marked by many wars he waged against his brothers for theterritories of the kingdom. He was assassinated. He was the King ofNeustrie.
Married between 562 and 584: Galswinthe=Galswitha, daughter ofAthanagild, King of Spain, Chilperic's second wife, and she may have beenthe mother of Merovee, herein ascribed to the first wife. She was to dieby strangling in a plot originated by Fredegonde (Chilperic's thirdwife). This murder began a bloody feud between Fredegonde and Brunehaut(Galswinthe's sister). Married before 584: Fredegonde; First the servantof Audovere, then first wife of Chilperic, Fredegonde was beautiful andambitious. She first had Chilperic I repudiate Audovere and lock her upin a monastery, where the unfortunate was murdered on the orders ofFredegonde after 15 years of solitary confinement. However, all did notgo immediately well, for when Chilperic learned of the brilliant marriageof his younger brother, Sigebert to Brunehaut, he arranged to haveFredegonde relegated to her role as concubine and asked Athanagild forthe hand of another of his daughter, the older sister of Brunehaut, namedGalswinthe. He promised in turn that he would repudiate all his otherspouses so as to be worthy of a wife of such royal blood. When Galswinthearrived, she was greeted with honor and respect as she brought anextensively rich treasure as dowry with her. Fredegonde had Galswitha,second wife of Chilperic strangled and replaced her on the throne. Thismurder 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 sonClothaire II. Died: in 584 in Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Champagne, France,Chilperic was assassinated, reportedly by a hired hand of Fredegonde ashe was returning from a hunt in Chelles [Seine-et-Marne] . His body wasshipped 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 byAudovere] Theodebert defeats the Austrasian general Gondevald. The warbetween the brothers extends into 574 and 575 at which time the kingdomis invaded, and Chilperic is forced to take refuge in Tournai, and theGreat Nobles [viri in lustres] abandon him. After Siegbert is murdered in575, Chilperic and Fredegonde come out of Tournai. Chilperic piouslyburries his brother [whom he just had murdered] at Lambres, Chilperic I'sreign was marked by many wars he waged against his brothers for theterritories of the kingdom. He was assassinated. He was the King ofNeustrie.