Chlodomer
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| Chlodomer | |
|---|---|
 Clodomir supervises the killing ofSigismund of Burgundy | |
| King of Orléans | |
| Reign | 511–524 |
| Predecessor | Clovis I |
| Successor | Chlothar I |
| Born | c. 495 |
| Died | 524 Battle of Vézeronce |
| Spouse | Guntheuc |
| Issue | Theodebald Gunthar Clodoald |
| House | Merovingian |
| Father | Clovis I |
| Mother | Clotilde |
Chlodomer,also spelledClodomirorClodomer(c. 495 - 524) was the second of the four sons ofClovis I,King of the Franks.
History
[edit]Clodomir was the eldest son of Clovis and his wife,Clotilde.On the death of his father, in 511, he divided the kingdom of theFrankswith his three brothers:Theuderic I,Childebert I,andChlothar I.Chlodomer became King of the Franks at Orléans.[1]This kingdom included, most notably, thebishopricsofTours,PoitiersandOrléans.Chlodomer marriedGuntheuc,with whom he had three sons: Theodebald, Gunthar, andClodoald.[2]
In 523–24, possibly at the instigation of his motherClotilde,who was eager to avenge the death of her parents who had been allegedly assassinated by her uncleGundobad,the father ofSigismund of Burgundy.From the sixth century on, the marriage of Clovis and Clotilde was made the theme of epic narratives, in which the original facts were materially altered and the various versions found their way into the works of different Frankish chroniclers.[3]The story of Clotilde's revenge is taken up byGregory of Tours.It is, however, assumed that this tale is apocryphal.[4]
Nonetheless, Chlodomer joined with his brothers in an expedition against theBurgundians.After capturing Sigismund, Chlodomer returned to Orléans. Chlodomer had Sigismund and his sons Gisald andGondebaudassassinated in May 524.[5]
Sigismund's brotherGondomarreturned triumphantly to Burgundy at the head of the troops sent by his ally, theOstrogothickingTheodoric the Great.There, he massacred the garrison the Franks had left behind. Chlodomer then led a second expedition against the Burgundians. He was killed on this expedition, in June that same year, at theBattle of Vézeronce.[6]Theuderic married Sigismund's daughterSuavegotha.Chlodomer's kingdom was divided such that Chlothar I received Touraine and Poitou; Childebert I the territories on both banks of the Loire with Orléans.
When his widow married Chlothar I, Chlodomer's three sons were taken to Paris and entrusted to their grandmother Clotilde. However, Chlothar, not wishing to give them a share of their father's inheritance when they came of age, murdered ten-year-old Theodebald and seven-year-old Gunthar. Only the youngest, Clodoald, was saved by the loyalty of a few of the faithful. Better known as Saint Cloud, he later became abbot ofNogent,having given up his hair, the symbol of the Frankish royalty, rather than giving up his life.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Chlodomer | Frankish Ruler, Burgundy War & Dynasty | Britannica".www.britannica.com.Retrieved2024-01-04.
- ^Christian Bouyer,Dictionnaire des Reines de France,Librairie Académique Perrin, 1992, p. 32-33ISBN2-262-00789-6
- ^Kurth, Godefroid. "St. Clotilda".The Catholic EncyclopediaVol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
- ^One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Pfister, Christian(1911). "Clotilda, Saint".InChisholm, Hugh(ed.).Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 557.
- ^Gábor Klaniczay,Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe,(Cambridge University Press, 2000), 67–68.ISBN0-521-42018-0
- ^Kortum, Han-Henning. "Merovingian Franks",The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology.Vol. 1. (Clifford J. Rogers, ed.) Oxford University Press (2010)
- ^Dahn, Felix, "Chlodomer" in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 47 (1903), S. 476
Further reading
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- Bachrach, Bernard S.(1972).Merovingian Military Organization, 481–751.Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,ISBN0-8166-0621-8.
- Geary, Patrick J. (1988).Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World.Oxford: Oxford University Press,ISBN0-19-504458-4.
- James, Edward(1991).The Franks.London: Blackwell,ISBN0-631-14872-8.
- Oman, Charles(1914).The Dark Ages, 476–918.London: Rivingtons.
- Wallace-Hadrill, J. M.(1962).The Long-Haired Kings, and Other Studies in Frankish History.London: Methuen.
- Wood, Ian N. (1994).The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450–751.London: Longman,ISBN0-582-21878-0.
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