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Chlodomer, also spelled Clodomir or Clodomer (c. 495 - 524) was the second of the four sons of Clovis I, King of the Franks. History. Clodomir was the eldest son of Clovis and his wife, Clotilde. On the death of his father, in 511, he divided the kingdom of the Franks with his three brothers: Theuderic I, Childebert I, and Chlothar I.
Jun 17, 2024 · Chlodomer was the Merovingian king of Orléans from 511. The eldest son of Clovis I by Clotilda, Chlodomer shared in the fourfold partition of his father’s kingdom in 511, receiving lands in western and central France; his was the only one of the four kingdoms to form a single geographical unit on.
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Upon his father’s death in 511, the kingdom of the Franks were divided between the four brothers: Theuderic I, Chlodomer, Childebert I, and Chlothar I. Chlodomer married Guntheuc and they had three sons: Theodebald, Gunthar, and Clodoald (later known as Saint Cloud).
- Sons of Clovis
- A Mother's Vengeance: The Burgundian Campaigns
- Murder of Chlodomer's Sons
- Conquests & Civil Wars
- Wives & Children
- Rebellion of Chramn
- Death & Succession
On 27 November 511 CE, King Clovis I died after an eventful reign of 30 years. Through a combination of conquest, cunning, and assassination, he had ruthlessly united the Frankish tribes and extended his kingdom to include most of Gaul and much of northern Germany. Upon his death, his realm was divided between his four sons: Theuderic, Chlodomer, C...
In 523, Queen Clotilde called a meeting of her sons. "My dear children," she said, according to Gregory of Tours, "you must surely resent the wrong which has been done to me. You must do all in your power to avenge the death of my mother and father" (166). Clotilde was speaking of the murder of Chilperic II of Burgundy, her father, who was assassin...
Immediately after Chlodomer's death in 524, the surviving three brothers raced to carve up his lands. Chlothar took Tours and Poitier for himself and went a step further by marrying Guntheuc, Chlodomer's widow; through this marriage, Chlothar gained access to Chlodomer's treasury. But there was a slight problem: Chlodomer had not died childless. He...
Around 531, Chlothar's half-brother Theuderic invaded Thuringia to avenge an insult done to him by the Thuringian king Hermanafrid. Theuderic asked Chlothar to accompany him on this campaign, a proposition which Chlothar happily accepted. The brothers defeated Hermanafrid's army in a battle along the River Unstrut; here, writes Gregory of Tours, th...
Like his brothers, Chlothar was a Nicene (Catholic) Christian because of their father Clovis' conversion, but under Salic Law, Frankish nobles were allowed to take multiple wives at once for political alliances and to ensure enough sons for succession. Chlothar's wives, and the sons born to them, include: 1. Guntheuc: married in 524, widow of Chlot...
Queen Clotilde died in 544. Chlothar and Childebert had her buried beside Clovis in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Paris. Her death reignited the spark of rivalry between the brothers, who continued to look for ways to undermine one another. In 555, while Chlothar was off campaigning against the Saxonsalong the Weser and Elbe rivers, Childebert...
Gregory suggests that Chlothar was wracked with guilt by the method with which he had killed Chramn. He apparently visited St. Martin's Church in Tours, bringing with him many gifts in the hope of repenting of the many evil deeds he had done throughout his 50-year reign. In 561, while on a hunting trip in the forest of Cuise, King Chlothar I came d...
Feb 17, 2023 · Theodebald and Gunther, young sons of the Frankish King Chlodomer (r. 511-524), are murdered by their uncle, King Chlothar I (r.511-561). In this depiction, King Chlothar is shown standing over his...
Chlodomer is most famous for being the first Merovingian king of the Franks. He was the son of King Clovis I and Queen Clotilde. Chlodomer was one of the four sons of Clovis I and he was also the younger brother of Childebert I, Chlothar I, and Clotaire I.
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Chlodio appears to have been the first Frankish leader to have invaded northern France. Gregory of Tours records that, according to "the consular lists", Chlodio "a man of high birth and marked ability among his people" was king of the Franks and lived in the castle of Duisburg [Dispargum] in Thuringia.
