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Chlothar I

Character

511-561 AD

King of Soissons (511–561 AD)

Birth: - c. 497 AD. Death: - 561 AD, Compiègne. Parents: - Father: Clovis I. Mother: Clotilde. Enemies: - Chramn, his rebellious son, burned to death with his family in 561. Battles: - Thuringian Campaign (531); Final Burgundian Conquest (534); Suppression of Chramn's Rebellion (561).

Historical Appearance Notes: - No portrait tied to Chlothar I. Longest-lived and most consequential of Clovis's four sons; briefly reunited the kingdom.

Notes: - Required reading before the Phase V Brunhild/Fredegund/Sigebert/Chilperic dossiers — all four are his direct descendants or in-laws.

Timeline: - 511 receives Soissons; 558 becomes sole king; 561 burns Chramn, dies; kingdom divided again among his four sons. Witch's Rebirth Canon: - On the throne of Soissons when Book II opens (540 AD); his 561 death and the second partition is the direct historical bridge into Book IV's civil war.

Sources: - Gregory of Tours. Modern: Ian Wood.

Book II, Book IV

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