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Chram

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Death of Chramn,Guillaume Crétin,Chroniques Françaises.After 1515, Rouen, France. Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

Chram(also spelledChramn,Chramm;Old Frankish'raven'; Latin:Chramnus,[1][2]modern French:Chramn(e))[3](died 561) was the son ofChlothar I,aMerovingianking of theFranks(r. 558–561), and his fifth wife,Chunsina.[4]

Chram rose in rebellion against his father on several occasions. Following one of these rebellions, he fled with his wife and children to the court ofChanao,the ruler ofBrittany.In pursuit of Chram, Chlothar defeated the combined forces of Chanao and his son in battle. Chanao was killed, and Chram, delayed in making his escape by sea because of his concern for his family's safety, was captured. Chlothar gave orders to burn them alive, but Chram was strangled and his body was placed in a cottage,[5]which was subsequently burned. Chlothar reportedly died of remorse later that year.

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  1. ^Brehaut, E.History of the Franks.Рипол Классик.ISBN9781176686120– via Google Books.
  2. ^Tours), Saint Gregory (Bishop of (July 28, 1965)."History of the Franks: Selections. translated with notes by Ernest Brehaut".Octagon – via Google Books.
  3. ^Bruno Dumézil,La reine Brunehaut,Paris, Editions Fayard, 2008, page 9.
  4. ^de Sismondi, p. 195
  5. ^de Sismondi, p. 196

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  • Gregory of ToursBook IV chapter 20 atThe Medieval SourcebookArchived2014-08-14 at theWayback Machine
  • (in French)Jean Charles L. Simonde de Sismondi,Histoire de la chute de l'Empire Romain et du déclin de la civilisation, de l'an 250 à l'an 1000,Paris: Treuttel et Würtz, 1835.OCLC6969556
  • Public DomainThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain:Dictionnaire Bouillet— a French work which is in the public domain because the copyright has expired in the United States, France, and other countries where the copyright expires 100 years or more after the author's death
Preceded by Duke of Aquitaine
555–560
Succeeded by