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Clotaire (Clothaire) (Chlothar) I, King of the Franks, 558-562, born in500 and died in 562. He married, according to Gregory of Tours, (1)Guntheuca, wife of his dead brother, Chlodomer. He married (2) Chunsina;(3) Ingunde; (4) Aregunda, Ingunda's sister; (5) Radegunda, daughter ofthe Thuringian king Berthar, who became a nun at Poitiers about 550; (6)a concubine; and (7) Vuldetrude, Theodovald's widow. At the time of hisfather's death, he received Soissons, Laon, Noyon, and the old Frankishcountry: Cambrai, Tournai, and the lower side of the Meuse. According tothe "History of the Franks," the children of Clothar I. were as followswith each wife.
From the first marriage with Guntheuca:
1. Theodobert, died in 575.
2. Merovech, died in 577.
3. Clovis died in 580.
4. Basina, nun at Poitiers.From the second marriage with Chunsina:
1. Chrammus, died in 560.
From the third marriage with Ingunde (Ingunda):
1. Gunthar, died before 561.
2. Childeric, died in 561.
3. Charibert (Caribert) I., died young in 567. He received his uncleChildebert's kingdom together with Paris, reigning from 562 to 566. Athis death, his share was divided. Sigebert, as King of Austrasia, tookVendomois, Tours, Poitou, and part of Aquitaine. Guntram took Saintonge,Angoumois, Perigord, Agenais, and Nantais. Chilperic received territoryfrom all sides. By common consent, Paris and its territory was declaredneutral. This chaotic division was clear proof of the Merovingians'political ineffectiveness.
4. Gunthram (Gontran or Guntramn), died in 593. He received Clodimir'skingdom, with Orleans as its capital, and including Burgundy.
5. Sigibert, died in 575. He received Theodoric's old estate, thedangerous eastern marches. He married Brunhilda, who died in 613,daughter of the King of the Visigoths. He was followed by his son,Childebert II., died in 595. He in turn was succeeded by Theodobert II.,who died in 612, and Theodoric II., who died in 613.
6. Clotsinda, married a king of Lombard.
7. Riguntha
8. Clodobert, died in 580.
9. Samson, died in 577.
10. Dagobert, died in 580.
11. Theodoric, died in 584.
12. Clothar II., died in 629.One source records that Clotaire Clothar) had an incestuous relationshipwith his wife's sister. The "History of the Franks" shows therelationship as a "marriage." In any case the fourth union with Aregunda,sister of Ingunda was as follws:
1. Chilperic I., died 584. He married (1) Audovera, (2) Gaisuenta(Galswintha), Brunhilda's sister, and (3) Fredegunda. From the thirdmarriage, there was a son, Clotaire II., who at his death in 628 had beensole king for 15 years. His sons were Dagobert I., King of Austrasia,623-634, and Charibert II., King of Aquitaine, 629-632.
The records do not show any children from the fifth or the seventh"marriage." The sixth union with an unknown concubine resulted in anillegitimate daughter, Gundovald.
