(1) Hij is getrouwd met Ingonde.
Zij zijn getrouwd voor 0515 te 1st wife.
Kind(eren):
(2) Hij is getrouwd met Radegunda of Thuringia.
CHAN20 Mar 2001
Zij zijn getrouwd rond 0531 te Rheims, Marne, France.Bronnen 1, 2, 3, 4
Kind(eren):
(3) Hij is getrouwd met Waldrada (Wultrade) of Lombardy.
_STATConcubinage
CHAN3 Mar 2001
Zij zijn getrouwd na 0555 te Rheims, Marne, France.Bron 2
Kind(eren):
Name Suffix:King of the Franks
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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 de Bourgogne.
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 ofHermanefried, King de Turinge (8164) and N? ; The Thuringians had beensubmitted to the Francs. Clotaire and his half-brother Thierry had led abrutal campaign against them and had crushed them on the banks of theSaale in 531. Among Clotaire's share of the bounty was a beautiful younggirl, the Christian Princess Radegonde. Radegonde was Clotaire I's thirdlegitimate wife, and fifth mate. Clotaire I was about 50 years old.
Clotaire I "The Old" Meroving King of the Franks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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