King of the Franks (r. 511–558) of the Merovingian dynasty
Chlothar I
Silver coin of Chlothar I, marked: d·n· chlothaharivi rex
King of Soissons
Reign
511–558
Predecessor
Clovis I
Successor
Chilperic I
King of Orléans
Reign
524–558
Predecessor
Chlodomer
Successor
St. Guntram
King of Reims
Reign
555–558
Predecessor
Theudebald
Successor
Sigebert I
King of Paris
Reign
558
Predecessor
Childebert I
Successor
Charibert I
King of the Franks
Reign
558–561
Predecessor
Vacant (last held by Clovis I)
Successor
Vacant (next held by Clotaire II)
Born
c. 500 (?)
Died
December 561 (aged c. 60) Compiègne
Spouse
Guntheuc Radegund Ingund Aregund Chunsina
Issue
Gunthar Childeric Charibert St. Guntram Sigebert Chilperic Chlothsind Chram
Dynasty
Merovingian
Father
Clovis I
Mother
Clotilde
Religion
Chalcedonian Christianity
Chlothar I[a], sometime called "the Old" (French: le Vieux), (died c. December 561)[b] also anglicised as Clotaire,[2] was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I.
With his eldest brother Theuderic (c. 485 – 533/34) being the son of Clovis I and his first wife, Chlothar followed his two elder brothers Chlodomer (495–524) and Childebert I (496–558) as third surviving son of Clovis I and his second wife Queen Clotilde, lastly followed by their sister Clotilde (500–531). The name 'Chlothar' means "glory".[3]
In 511, Clothar I and his three brothers Theuderic, Chlodomer and Childebert inherited their shares of their father's kingdom. Chlothar spent most of his life in a campaign to expand his territories at the expense of his relatives and neighbouring realms in all directions.
His brothers avoided outright war by cooperating with Chlothar's attacks on neighbouring lands in concert or by invading lands when their rulers died. The spoils were shared between the participating brothers. By the end of his life, Chlothar had managed to reunite Francia by surviving his brothers and seizing their territories after they died. But upon his own death, the Kingdom of the Franks was once again divided between his own four surviving sons. A fifth son had rebelled and was killed, along with his family.
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^Levison, Wilhelm (1910). "Das Nekrologium von Dom Racine und die Chronologie der Merowinger". Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde. 35: 15–53 (37–39).
^Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert (1895). North-western France (Normandy and Brittany). G. Allen. p. 68.
^Jean-Louis Fetjaine, The Purple Queens: The Robes of Fredegonde. Chap 1, Belfond, Paris, 2006, p. 14.
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