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Chilperic I

Character

561-584 AD

King of Neustria (561–584 AD)

Birth: - c. 539 AD. Death: - Assassinated 584 AD at Chelles; killer never identified. Parents: - Father: Chlothar I. Mother: Aregund. Allies: - Fredegund. Enemies: - Sigebert I, Brunhild.
Historical Appearance Notes: - No portrait tied to Chilperic I. His literary/alphabet experimentation is a distinctive, under-used characterization detail.
Notes: - Worth deciding whether the series leans into Gregory's hostile 'tyrant' portrait or complicates it with his literary side.
Timeline: - 561 receives Soissons/Neustria; 568 marries Galswintha (murdered), then Fredegund; 568-575 civil war; 584 assassinated. Witch's Rebirth Canon: - Book IV Ch. 4 'The Serpent's Seduction' dramatizes Fredegund manipulating him; Ch. 6 'The Galswintha Murder' dramatizes the historical strangulation.
Sources: - Gregory of Tours (hostile). Modern: Ian Wood, Guy Halsall.

Book IV

Character

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