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Clotilde
Character
Queen of the Franks
Birth:
- c. 474–475 AD, likely Lyon.
Death:
- 3 June 545 AD, Tours.
Parents:
- Father: Chilperic II of Burgundy. Mother: Caretena.
Children:
- Ingomer, Chlodomer, Childebert I, Chlothar I, Clotilde the younger.
Allies:
- St. Remigius of Reims.
Enemies:
- Gundobad, King of Burgundy.
Historical Appearance Notes:
- No contemporary portrait survives. Devotional/hagiographic tradition built up over later centuries.
Novel Appearance:
- Established as Clovis's queen within Book I's 478–511 AD span.
Timeline:
- c. 474/475 — born
- 492/493 — marries Clovis I
- 511 — widowed
- 545 — dies
Sources:
- Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum. Modern: Ian Wood, Guy Halsall.
Book I
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