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King Clotaire der Franken, I, "the Old"[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 500 - 561  (61 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Clotaire der Franken 
    Prefix King 
    Suffix I, "the Old" 
    Birth 500  Rheims Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Nov 561  St. Medard Abbey, Sois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Person ID I15862  Geneagraphie | Voorouders HW, Ahnen BvS
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Father König Chlodwig I. der Franken,   b. 465   d. 27 Nov 514, Paris, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Chrodechilde von Burgund,   b. Abt 475, Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 544, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 493 
    Family ID F5500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ingundis,   b. 499   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 516 
    Children 
     1. Gonthiers der Franken,   b. 519   d. 561 (Age 42 years)
     2. Childebert der Franken
    +3. King Charibert der Franken,   b. 520   d. 7 May 568 (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F154255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Family 2 Aregonde   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 523 
    Children 
    +1. König Chilperic der Franken, I,   b. Abt 539   d. Sep 584, Chelles Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F5502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Family 3 Guntheuca   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 524 
    Family ID F5504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2007 

    Family 4 Radegunde   d. 13 Aug 587, Poitiers, Poitou, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 531 
    Family ID F5501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2007 

    Family 5 Ingunde von Thüringen,   b. Abt 503   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 532 
    Children 
    +1. King Guntram der Franken,   b. Abt 525   d. 28 Mar 593 (Age 68 years)
     2. Chlodosind der Franken,   b. 530   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. König Sigebert d' Austrasia, I,   b. 535   d. 575 (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F5506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Family 6 Chunsina   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Chramin der Franken,   b. 535   d. 560 (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F5505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2007 

    Children 
     1. Gundobald,   b. 540   d. 585 (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F227225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2007 

    Family 8 Waldrade,   b. 530   d. Bef 592 (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 555 
    Children 
    +1. Blithilde de Soissons,   b. Abt 530   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F5503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

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  • Notes 
    • King of Soissons (511-561), King of Reims (555-561), King of the Franks (558-561).

      Clovis I's fourth son became King of Soissons in 511 A.D. when the kingdom of the Franks was divided up. With his brothers, he fought the Burgundians and ordered the assassination of two of Chlomodir's sons before taking over part of Chlodomir's erstwhile kingdom (524 A.D). He conquered Thuringia in 531 A.D. with Theodoric I. When his grand-nephew, Theodebald, King of Reims, died in 555 A.D, he took over Theodebald's kingdom then did the same thing in 558 on the death of his brother, Childebert I. In doing so, he became sole ruler of all the Frankish states. However, the unity of the Frankish kingdom lasted only a short time. On Chlotar I's death, it was again divided between his four sons.

      511 Kg. zu Soissons mit Neustrien, den altsalischen Gebieten und Teilen von Aquitanien; streitet oft mit den Brüdern, steht aber in großen Eroberungskriegen zu ihnen und hilft Burgund zu erobern: Schlacht bei Vžonce 524, 532 Schlacht bei Autun; erbt 524 den Reichsteil Orleans vom Bruder und ermordet dessen Söhne, womit eine ununterbrochene Reihe von Familienmorden beginnt.; besetzt 537 die Provence, hilft Thüringen, Gascogne, Auvergne und Südsachsen zu unterwerfen; bekriegt auch die Westgoten in Spanien wegen deren südfranzös. Gebieten; erbt 555 den Reichsteil Reims seines Großneffen, 558 vom letzten Bruder den Part Paris: damit Alleinkönig des Frankenreiches; in den letzten Jahren steht er besonders gegenThüringer und Sachsen, die bis zum Rhein vorstoßen; Chlothars Bruder hatte sie zu Hilfe gerufen; mit ihm endet die große Phase fränkischer Eroberungen vorerst.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1635] Web.genealogie, Le site de la généalogie historique, (http://web.genealogie.free.fr/), Dynastie Merovingienne (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1210] Andreas Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte I/1, Bd. 1. Deutsche Fürstenhäuser Teilbd. 1 - 1991, (R. G. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1991, ISBN 3-89406-460-9), 2, 1 B 34 716 1,1. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1632] Vorfahren des Tile von Damm, Genealogie um die Familie von Damm in Braunschweig, Band 7 - Die Masse der Dynasten, 186 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1663] Settipani, Christian; Kerrebrouck, Patrick Van, La Préhistoire des Capétiens Teil 1, (Nouvelle Histoire Génélogique de l'Auguste Maison de France 1993 ISBN 2-9501509-3-4), Tabelle 1, 2 (Reliability: 3).



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