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 Abt 0497 - 0561 (64 years)
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| Name |
MEROVINGIAN Chlothacher |
| Birth |
Abt 0497 |
Rheims, Marne, Loire-Alantique, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
29 Nov 0561 |
Braines, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Notes |
- Chlothachar (501/2 - 30 Nov/31 Dec 561 Soissons)[1]
alias: Clotaire; Lothar[2]
bur. Basilique Saint-Médard, Soissons[3]
Titles
511 Soissons: King of the Franks at Soissons, Laon, Noyon, Arras, Cambrai, Tournai and lower Meuse -- (area later known as Neustria)[4]
558: sole King of the Franks[5]
Parents
Father: Chlodovech, King of the Franks
Mother: Chrotechildis of Burgundy[1]
Marriage
m.1 (524) Guntheuca "Gondioque" (father: unknown king of Burgundy; widow of Chlodomer, King of the Franks)[6]
m.2 (531, repudiated) Radegund of Thuringia (father: Bertechar, King of the Thuringians)[7]
m.3 (532) Ingundis "Ingonde" (sister: Arnegundis; p. unknown; initially concubine in 517). Issue: 6 known; 1 fabricated.[8]
Gunthar (517 - after 532)[9]
Childerich (d. ante 561)[10]
Charibert (520 - 567 Paris)[11]
Guntchramn "Gontran" (532/4 -28 Mar 592)[12]
Sigebert (535 - Nov/Dec 575 Vitry)[13]
Chlodesindis (d. ante 567)[14]
(fictional) Bilichildis[15]
m.4 (polygamy) Arnegundis "Aregonde" (sister: Ingundis "Ingonde").[16] Issue: 1
Chilperic[17]
(disputed) m.5 (555) Waldrada of Lombardia (p. Waccho and Ostrogotha)[18]
Mistress
mistress 1: Chunsina "Gunsinam" (p. unknown).[19] Issue: 1
Chramin[20]
mistress 2: Unknown.[21] Issue: 0 - 1
(unproven) Gundobald "Ballomer" (d. Mar 585).[22]
Sources
↑ Notice of resolution of ambiguous parentage: The parents (or lack of parents) were decided upon by the European Aristocrats project in consultation with primary sources, especially as collected in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy’s Medieval Lands project. Also see Space: Famiy: Clovis of Merovingians by Gregory of Tours; Space: History of Merovingian Dynasty.
See also:
Gregory of Tours
Marii Episcopi Aventicensis Chronica
Wikipedia: Clotaire I
Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
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I58168 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
MEROVINGIAN Clovis Hlodowig, b. 0466, Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France d. 27 Nov 0511, St Pierre Island, Biel Lake Canton, Switzerland (Age ~ 45 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
BURGUNDEN Chrotechildis, b. Abt 0480, Lyon, France d. Abt 03 Jun 0545, Monastery of Saint Martin, Tours, France (Age 65 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Abt 0492 |
| Family ID |
F25946 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Children |
| | 1. MEROVINGIAN Sigebert, b. Abt 0535, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France d. Abt 0575, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F347565 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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27 Jan 2026 |
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