Chlodomer
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| Chlodomer | |
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| Father | Clovis I |
| Mother | Clotilde |
Chlodomer, also spelled Clodomir or Clodomer (c. 495 - 524) was the second of the four sons of
History
Clodomir was the eldest son of Clovis and his wife,
In 523–24, possibly at the instigation of his mother Clotilde, who was eager to avenge the death of her parents who had been allegedly assassinated by her uncle Gundobad, the father of Sigismund 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 by Gregory of Tours. It is, however, assumed that this tale is apocryphal.[4]
Nonetheless, Chlodomer joined with his brothers in an expedition against the Burgundians. After capturing Sigismund, Chlodomer returned to Orléans. Chlodomer had Sigismund and his sons Gisald and Gondebaud assassinated in May 524.[5]
Sigismund's brother
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 of Nogent, having given up his hair, the symbol of the Frankish royalty, rather than giving up his life.[7]
References
- ^ "Chlodomer | Frankish Ruler, Burgundy War & Dynasty | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ISBN 2-262-00789-6
- ^ Kurth, Godefroid. "St. Clotilda". The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Pfister, Christian (1911). "Clotilda, Saint". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 557.
- ISBN 0-521-42018-0
- ^ 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
- ISBN 0-8166-0621-8.
- Geary, Patrick J. (1988). Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-504458-4.
- ISBN 0-631-14872-8.
- 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, ISBN 0-582-21878-0.
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