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Chlothar I or Clotaire I (or Chloderic, sometimes called le Vieux or the Old) (497-561), a king of the Franks, was one of the four sons of Clovis. He was born about 497 in Soissons (now in Aisne département, Picardie, France). On the death of his father in 511 he received as his share of the kingdom the town of Soissons, which he made his capital, the cities of Laon, Noyon, Cambrai, and Maastricht, and the lower course of the Meuse River. But he was very ambitious, and sought to extend his domain. He was the chief instigator of the murder of his brother Chlodomer's children in 524, and his share of the spoils consisted of the cities of Tours and Poitiers. He took part in the various expeditions against Burgundy, and after the destruction of that kingdom in 534 obtained Grenoble, Die, and some of the neighbouring cities. When Provence was ceded to the Franks by the Ostrogoths, he received the cities of Orange, Carpentras, and Gap. In 531, he marched against the Thuringii with his brother Theuderic I and in 542, with his brother Childebert I against the Visigoths of Spain. On the death of his great-nephew Theodebald in 555, Clotaire annexed his territories; and on Childebert's death in 558 he became sole king of the Franks. He also ruled over the greater part of Germany, made expeditions into Saxony, and for some time exacted from the Saxons an annual tribute of 500 cows. The end of his reign was troubled by internal dissensions, his son Chram rising against him on several occasions. Following Chram into Brittany, where the rebel had taken refuge, Clotaire shut him up with his wife and children in a cottage, to which he set fire. Overwhelmed with remorse, he went to Tours to implore forgiveness at the tomb of St Martin, and died shortly afterwards. Family Clotaire's first marriage was to Guntheuc, widow of his own brother Chlodomer, sometime around 524. They had no children. His second marriage occurred around 532, when he and his brother Theuderic defeated Bertachar, king of Thuringia, and Clotaire took his daughter Radegund. She was later canonised. They had no children. His third and most successfull marriage was to Ingund, by whom he had five sons and a daughter: Gunthar, predeceased father Childeric, predeceased father Charibert, king of Paris Guntram, king of Burgundy Sigebert, king of Austrasia Chlothsind, married Alboin, king of the Lombards His next marriage was to a sister of Ingund, Aregund, with whom he had one son: Chilperic, king of Soissons His last wife was Chunsina (or Chunsine), with whom he had on son: Chramn, became his father's enemy and predeceased him. http://en.wikipedia.org
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