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Chlothar II


Preferred Parents:
Father: Chilperic I, b. 534 in Soissons, Francia   d. 27 SEP 584 in Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, Francia
Mother: Fredegund Des Francs, b. 543 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, Francia   d. 10 DEC 597 in Paris, Île-de-France, Francia

Family 1: Queen Adaltrudis or Queen Haldetrude Queen of Soissons,    b. 582 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardy, France    d. 618 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France
  1. Dagobert Ier Roi des Francs, b. BET 602 AND 605     d. 19 JAN 638
  2. Dagobert ler , b. 603 in Metz, Moselle, Kingdom of Austrasia, Gaul, Frankish Empire     d. 16 JAN 639 in saint Denis, Paris, Kingdom of Neustria, Gaul, Frankish Empire
Family 2: Sichilde ,    b. 590 in France    d. 627 in France
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  1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Clothaire Meroving -
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members., Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
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  2. Title: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/23000837;
    Note: Name: Clotaire II Merovingien, alias Clotaire II de Neustrie Gender: m (Male) Birth Date: sep 0584 Death Date: 18 okt 0629 (18 Oct 0629) Death Age: 45 Father: Chilpéric (Chilpéric Merovingien, alias Chilpéric d'Austrasië Mother: Frédégonde de Cambrai Spouse: Sigihild d'Ardennes Bertrude de Burgondie Children: Dagobert I Merovingien, alias de goede koning Dagobert Hugues d'Austrasie URL: https://www.genealogieonline.n...
  3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Chlotaire II of the Franks - birth-name: Clothaire Meroving
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members., Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
    Note: birth-name: Clothaire Meroving This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. birth-name: Clothaire Meroving This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. birth-name: Clothaire Meroving This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. birth-name: Clothaire Meroving This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. birth-name: Clothaire Meroving This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. birth-name: Clothaire Meroving This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. birth-name: Clothaire Meroving This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. birth-name: Clothaire Meroving This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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  4. Title: Wikipedia - Clothar II (part II)
    Author: Chronicles of the time of King Dagobert (592–639). translation by François Guizot and Romain Fern, Paleo, Clermont – Ferrand, "Sources of the history of France", 2004, 169 p. ISBN 2913944388 Fredegaire, Chronicle of Merovingian Times, translation by O. DeVilliers and J. Meyers, Brepols Publishing, 2001 ISBN 2503511511 Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Chlothar_II;
    Note: The queen then used her new freedom to rally as many nobles and bishops as could be found to her son. She was reinstalled into power despite Guntram's exile of her. Guntram then attempted to weaken Fredegund's influence by swaying some of the Neustrian aristocracy to his side, and keep Neustrian lands he held between the Loire and Seine by rallying Duke Beppolène. In 587, he managed to capture the towns of Angers, Saintes, and Nantes. Fredegund then offered to negotiate peace and sent ambassadors to Guntram. But they were arrested and Guntram severed relations with Neustria, approaching Brunhilda and Childebert II, with whom he concluded the pact of Andelot: agreeing that upon the death of one of the two kings, the other would inherit his kingdom. In 592 Guntram died and Childebert became king of Austrasia and Burgundy. The Austrasia-Burgundy union lasted only until 595, when the death of Childebert II brought it to an end. His realm was then split between his two sons: Theudebert II inherited Austrasia, while Theuderic II received the kingdom of Burgundy. The two brothers then campaigned united against their cousin Chlothar II of Neustria, but their alliance lasted only until 599, when they took up arms against each other. A young Clothar at the head of the army In 593, although only as a symbolic presence since he was only nine years old, Clothar II appeared at the head of his army, which routed the Austrasian Duke Wintrio who was invading Neustria, in the Battle of Droizy. In 596, Clotaire and Fredegund took Paris, which was supposed to be held in common. Fredegund, then her son's regent, sent a force to Laffaux, and the armies of Theudebert and Theuderic were defeated. Fredegund died in 597, leaving Clothar to rule over Neustria alone, although the boy king didn't do anything significant for 2 more years. Ruler of Neustria Battle of Dormelles In 599, he made war with his nephews, Theuderic II of Burgundy and Theudebert II of Austrasia, who were old enough to be his cousins. They defeated him at Dormelles (near Montereau), forcing him to sign a treaty that reduced his kingdom to the regions of Beauvais, Amiens and Rouen, with the remainder split between the two brothers. At this point, however, the two brothers took up arms against each other. In 605, he invaded Theuderic's kingdom, but did not subdue it. He remained often at war with Theuderic until the latter died in Metz in late 613 while preparing a campaign against him. In 604, a first attempt to reconquer his kingdom ended in failure for Clothar. His son Merovech was taken prisoner by Theuderic at the Battle of Étampes and was murdered at the order of Brunhilda by Bertoald. Clothar agreed that he would become the godfather of Theuderic's son in 607, naming him Merovech. Around the same time, Theuderic, seeking a marriage to the Spanish Visigoth princess Ermenberge, daughter of King Witteric, created new political tensions. Witteric then negotiated with Clothar II for an alliance, as well as Agilulf, King of the Lombards. The coalition against Theuderic does not appear to have been followed by significant effects. War between Austrasia and Burgundy (610–612) In 610 Theudebert and Theuderic entered into a war. Theudebert won initial victories in 610, which led Theuderic to approach Clothar, promising to return northern Neustria to him for his aid. Theudebert was crushed in 612, at the battles of Toul and Tolbiac, near Cologne. War between Clothar and Austrasia-Burgundy (613) Clothar slays Bertoald As agreed, Theuderic ceded northern Neustria to Clothar, but then turned around and organized an invasion of Neustria. However he died of dysentery in Metz in 613. His troops dispersed immediately, and Brunhilda placed her great-grandson Sigebert II on the throne of Austrasia. Brunhilde is dragged to her death At that time, Warnachar, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and Rado, mayor of the palace of Burgundy, abandoned the cause of Brunhilda and her great-grandson, Sigebert II, and the entire realm was delivered into Chlothar's hands. Brunhilda and Sigebert met Chlothar's army on the Aisne, but the Patrician Aletheus, Duke Rocco, and Duke Sigvald deserted the host and the grand old woman and her king had to flee. They got as far as the Orbe, but Chlothar's soldiers caught up with them by the lake Neuchâtel. Both of them and Sigebert's younger brother Corbo were executed by Chlothar's orders, then proceeded to execute many of the family members of this house except Merovech, his godson, and perhaps Childebert who had fled. Brunhilde was accused of murdering ten members of the Neustrian royal family, as well as other Frankish royalty, and was tried and convicted. She underwent a very severe torture and execution by being dragged on the back of a horse and drawn-and-quartered. After this victory, Clothar was left as the sole royal ruler of the Frankish peoples and consolidated his power. King of All Franks (613–629) Upon his unification of all Franks, Clothar took up residence in Paris and in the villas of Alentours. Mayors of the Palace An important key aspect that was maintained in all three administrations of the kingdoms even after unification was the presence of the Mayors of the Palace. The mayor of the palace was originally the king's servant in charge of administrative events of the palace. During the royal feud, however, the role grew in importance as more of a steward of lands to care more directly than the king could and was placed in the hands of aristocracy. One of the most notable figures in this role was Warnachaire, mayor of the palace of Burgundy in 613, who was one of the leaders responsible for capturing Brunhild, and held the position until his death in 626. Warnachaire's wife, Berthe, was likely a daughter of Clothar. Edict of 614 In 614, Chlothar II convoked the Council of Paris and promulgated the Edict of Paris, which reserved many rights to the Frankish nobles while it excluded Jews from all civil employment for the Crown. The ban effectively placed all literacy in the Merovingian monarchy squarely under ecclesiastical control and also greatly pleased the nobles, from whose ranks the bishops were ordinarily exclusively drawn. Article 11 of the Edict states that it is to restore "peace and discipline in [the] kingdom" and "suppress rebellion and insolence". The edict was ratified for all three kingdoms. Owing to several abuses of powers by officials, many of whom had been appointed by Chilperic, several mandates were made, among them the requirement that officials must have come from the region they officiate over. Chlothar was induced by Warnachar and Rado to make the mayoralty of the palace a lifetime appointment at Bonneuil-sur-Marne, near Paris, in 617. Dagobert King of Austrasia (623) Clothar and a young Dagobert In 623, he gave the kingdom of Austrasia to his young son Dagobert I. This was a political move as repayment for the support of Bishop Arnulf of Metz and Pepin I, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, the two leading Austrasian nobles, who were effectively granted semi-autonomy. At the same time, Clothar made territorial changes by assigning the region of Reims to Neustria. But Dagobert, now the semi-autonomous king of Austrasia, negotiated its return in 626. Barbarian and Christian relations Clothar was no exception in the line of Merovingians of its history of family feuding. This was considered to be a very 'barbarian' custom. However, he was one of the few Merovingians that did not practice polygamy, instead remaining faithful to a single wife until her death. He remained respectful of the Church and its doctrines, keeping it as an ally. He likely tried to maintain himself as a pious king, inspired by the holiness of his uncle Guntram who had protected him and allowed him the throne. In 617, he renewed the treaty of friendship that bound the Frankish kings with the kings of the Lombards. He likely had the policy of maintaining good relations with Christianized-barbarian peoples so long as they kept good relations themselves with the Church. Death Clothar died in 629 at age 45 and was buried, like his father, in the Saint Vincent Basilica of Paris, later incorporated into the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. His rule lasted longer than any other Merovingian king save for his grandfather, Chlothar I. Clothar's son Dagobert, who had been king of Austrasia, succeeded his father in Neustria and Burgundy. Dagobert's half-brother, Charibert, however became king of Aquitaine. Family He first married Haldetrude, with whom he had the following children : Merovech, who was captured during a campaign against Burgundy and killed on orders of Brunhilda. Emma, married in 618 to Eadbald († 640), King of Kent. Though recently it has been suggested that she may have instead been the daughter of Erchinoald, mayor of the palace in Neustria. Dagobert I (c. 603–639), King of the Franks His second wife, Bertrude, was likely the daughter of Richomer, patrician of the Burgundians, and Gertrude. This marriage produced: A son who died in infancy in 617. Bertha, wife of Warnachaire, mayor of the palace of Burgundy. In 618, he married Sichilde, sister of Gomatrude, who later married Dagobert I, and probably sister of Brodulfe, who would later support Charibert II. From this marriage there was: Charibert II († 632), king of Aquitaine. Oda, a daughter.
  5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Clotaire II Franks - death:
    Author: 13143.GED, Not Given
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  6. Title: Geneanet: Clotaire II de NEUSTRIE Le Jeune
    Publication: Name: https://gw.geneanet.org/hourmanmichel?lang=nl&pz=alexis+tancrede+michel+benoit+diego&nz=de+pierpont+de+riviere&ocz=0&p=clotaire+ii&n=de+neustrie;
    Note: Clotaire II de NEUSTRIE Le JeuneAfdrukken stamboomSosa : 1.245.574.078.828 (Clotaire II de NEUSTRIE) Roi de Soissons, Roi de Paris (584, -613), Roi de Bourgogne, Roi de Neustrie (584-613), Roi des Francs (613-629) Geboren in 584 Overleden op 18 oktober 629 , leeftijd bij overlijden: 45 jaar oud Begraven in 629 - Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris VI°, Paris, Île-de-France, France Ouders Chilpéric Ier de NEUSTRIE, Roi de Neustrie 539-584 Frédégonde de NEUSTRIE, Reine de Soissons 545-597 Relaties en kinderen Gehuwd met Bertrude de BURGONDIE, Reine des Francs ca 590-618 (Ouders : Richomer de BURGONDIE ca 560-607/ & Gertrude L'Aînée de BAVIÈRE ca 570-649) en hun kinderen Dagobert d'AUSTRASIE, Roi d'Austrasie 604-639 Gehuwd met Sichilde de BURGONDIE † (Ouders : Richomer de BURGONDIE ca 560-607/ & Gertrude L'Aînée de BAVIÈRE ca 570-649) Broers en zusters V Rigonte de NEUSTRIE 569- M Samson de NEUSTRIE ca 573-577 M Clodebert de NEUSTRIE 575-580 M Dagobert de NEUSTRIE ca 578-580 M Théodoric de NEUSTRIE 582-584 Half broers en zusters Van 's kant Chilpéric Ier de NEUSTRIE, Roi de Neustrie (561-584), geboren in 539, overleden in september 584 - Chelles, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France leeftijd bij overlijden: 45 jaar oud met Audovera de SOISSONS, geboren circa 533, overleden in 580 - Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France leeftijd bij overlijden: mogelijkerwijze 47 jaar oud M Mérovée de NEUSTRIE †578 Gehuwd in 576 met Brunehilde de WISIGOTHIE, Reine d'Austrasie 534-613 Overzicht van de stamboom Stamboom voorouders Stamboom nakomelingen Clothaire dit Le Vieux de NEUSTRIE, Roi de Neustrie 497/498-561 Arégonde von WORMS ca 510-ca 587 Brunulphe d'ARDENNES, Comte d'Ardennes 522-565 Crotechilde d'OSTROGOTHIE 525- | | | | | | Chilpéric Ier de NEUSTRIE, Roi de Neustrie 539-584 Frédégonde de NEUSTRIE, Reine de Soissons 545-597 | | | Clotaire II Le Jeune de NEUSTRIE, Roi de Soissons 584-629
  7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Clothaire DeSoissons -
    Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members., Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
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  8. Title: Lt-Col. W. H. Turton: "The Plantagenet Ancestry" Genealogic Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, 1993 (Orig 1928)
    Author: Genealogic Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, 1993 (Orig 1928)
    Note: relationships, dates
  9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Clotaire “Le Jeune” de Francs II -
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2578122938
  10. Title: Chlothar II King Of The Franks, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-LFFN : 14 April 2023), Chlothar II King Of The Franks, ; Burial, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France, Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés; citing record ID 66082602, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-LFFN;
  11. Title: Find a Grave: Chlothar II King Of The Franks
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66082602;
    Note: Chlothar II King Of The Franks BIRTH 584 France DEATH 629 (aged 44–45) France BURIAL Saint-Germain-des-Prés Church Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France MEMORIAL ID 66082602 King of Nuestria, King of the Franks Chlothar was the eldest son of Chilperic I, King of Nuestria and his third wife, Fredegonde. Grandson of Clothar I, the King of the Franks, and nephew to Sigebert, King of Austrasia. 1. Chlothar's first wife was Haldetrude who died about 604. They had two children: * Merovech * Emma, wife of Eadbald, the King of Kent 2. His second wife was Bertrude, thought to be the daughter of Richomer, patrician of the Burgundians. They had one son: * Dagobert I, King of the Franks 629-634 3. His third wife was Sichilde, the sister of Gomatrude who would marry Dagobert. They had two children: * Charibert II,the King of Aquitaine There are two more children, possibly the children of Bertrude: * A son that died in infancy, 617 * Bertha, wife of Warnachaire, mayor of the palace in Bourgogne Chlothar was born during a time of tremendous political intrigue, upheaval and unrest. His birth followed the possible murder of his predecessors, dramas of murder and betrayal, resulting in his parents hiding his birth and raising him in secret at their royal villa in Vitry-en-Artois. His father, Chilperic, and uncle, Siegbert, had wed sisters Galswintha and Brunhilda, but Chilperic loved Fredegund. Galswintha was murdered in 570, Chilperic was suspected as he moved Fredegund into the position of Queen, thus began the feud between brothers and their families. Siegbert was murdered in 575 by two assassins hired by Fredegund who started killing off her husband's sons by earlier wives while her own children died un-naturally along the way. Only Chlothar would live long enough to rule in his father's stead. Chlothar's father, Chilperic, was murdered in 584 at his villa in Chelles after a hunt, thought to be on the order of his sister-in-law, Brunhilda. His mother seized her riches and took refuge in Notre Dame cathedral along wither son. The Austrasians plundered Chlothar's Neustria, removing vast treasures and documents. General upheaval added to the chaos while Fredegund fought to maintain control. For his protection, she sent Chlothar to Guntram, the King of Burgundy for adoption in exchange for his controlling Nuestria until Chlothar was of age. In 585 Guntram was finally able to have Chlothar names after his grandfather, the courts recognize Chlothar as the son of Chilperic and become godfather to the child. Chlothar was finally baptized 23 October 585, approximately ten years old. Fredegund had been placed under the supervision of the bishop Pretextatus at Rouen, but escaped and stabbed Pretextatus who lived long enough to openly accuse her of the attack and publicly curse and denounce her before his death. She then proceeded to gather forces against Guntram and took back control of Nuestria. When his mother died in 597, Chlothar alone ruled Nuestria. Guntram made a pact with Brunhilda and her son, Childbert. When Guntram died in 592, Childebert became King of Austrasia and Burgundy until his death in 595, the kingdom was split between his two sons Theudebert and Theuderic, who took up arms against each other as well as their uncle, Chlothar. The wars continued into history until both brothers died, the mayors abandoned Brunhilda and delivered the entire realm to Chlothar. Sixty year old Brunhilda was found guilty of the murder of ten members of the Nuestrian royal family and put to death by her nephew, Chlothar, in the most brutal means imaginable; three days of extreme agony on the rack and finally being torn to pieces chained to four horses driven towards the four points of the compass. At her death, Chlothar became to sole royal ruler of the Frankish people, taking up residence in Paris and proclaiming himself King of the Franks. Chlothar promoted the 614 Edict of Paris, a Frankish Magna Carta, reserving rights for the nobles and excluding Jews from civil employment for the crown. Reinstating the position of Mayor of the Palace, defunct since the feud, actually lost Chlothar legislative control. His rule led the path for the mayors and nobles becoming more powerful than the throne. In 623, Chlothar gave Austrasia to his son, Dagobert I. Chlothar II died in 629 after ruling for 45 years, longer than any other Merovingian king excepting his grandfather Chlotar I. Family Members Parents Photo Chilperic de Neustria unknown–584 Photo Fredegonde 550–597 Spouse Photo Beretrude de Bourgogne Children Photo Charibert II of the Franks Photo King Dagobert I 603–639
  12. Title: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/22712974;
    Note: Name: Clothaire II King of the Meroving Gender: m (Male) Birth Date: jun 0584 Birth Place: Paris, Paris, Ile-De-France, France Death Date: 0628 Death Place: St Vincent Abbey, Paris, Ile-De-France, France Death Age: 44 Father: Chilperic I Soissons Mother: Fredegonde Earlin Cambresis Spouse: Bilichide Bellichildis Austrasia Sichilde Von De FRANKS Haldetrude De Burgundy Children: Dagobert I Austrasia Oda Ou Aude Saint Franks Charibert II Duke Aquitaine De Neustria Charibert Daquitaine Oda Ou Aude URL: https://www.genealogieonline.n...
  13. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: CHLOTHACHAR [Clotaire], son of CHILPERICH I King of the Franks & his third wife Frédégonde
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEROVINGIANS.htm#_ftnref352;
    Note: CHLOTHACHAR [Clotaire], son of CHILPERICH I King of the Franks & his third wife Frédégonde (Spring 584-[18] Oct 629, bur Paris Church of St Vincent). Gregory of Tours records the birth of a son to King Chilperich, dated to early 584 from the context, although in a later passage in which he names him Clotaire he records that he was four months old when his father died. The Liber Historiæ Francorum records the birth of "Chlotharium [filius Chilperici]" around the same time as the death of his older brother Theoderich. He succeeded his father in 584 as CLOTAIRE II King of the Franks, under the regency of his mother Queen Frédégonde. He was defeated by his cousins, the brothers King Theodebert II and King Theoderich II, in 600 on the banks of the river Orvanne near Dormelles, after which he agreed terms under which he held only twelve cantons between the Seine, the Oise and the sea. After the defeat of King Theodebert II in 612, and death of King Theoderich II in 613, the Austrasian nobility invited King Clotaire to lead their rebellion against Queen Brunechilde. After the capture, torture and murder of the queen, Clotaire was recognized as sole King of the Franks. In 623, he was obliged to accede to the request of the Austrasians for their own king and installed his son Dagobert as King of Austrasia. [m [firstly] ADALTRUDIS, daughter of --- (-bur Rouen Saint-Pierre). "Hlotharii rege Francorum…duæ uxores reginæ…Haldetrudis…et Bertetrudis" were buried in "basilica sancti Petri apostolic Rothomacum." The editor of the compilation in which this text is reproduced suggests that "Haldetrudis" is in fact an error for a variation of "Waldrada," the widow of King Theodebald who reportedly married King Clotaire I, not King Clotaire II, as his fifth wife. This first marriage of King Clotaire II is dubious. If it is correct that Merovech was the son of King Clotaire II (which is uncertain, see below), the estimated birth date of King Clotaire's known son Dagobert (in [610/11]) suggests that his older brother (reportedly active in 604) must have been born from an earlier union, although it is possible that his mother was the king's concubine rather than his wife.] Possible children of King Clotaire II by his first marriage, or illegitimate: 1. [MEROVECH (-after 25 Dec 604). be some doubt about the dating in light of the birth of Chilperich, son of King Clotaire's son by his marriage to Sichildis (see below). "Hlotharii rege Francorum…duæ uxores reginæ…Haldetrudis…et Bertetrudis" were buried in "basilica sancti Petri apostolic Rothomacum." 2. [EMMA . "Emma Francorum regis filia et regis Eadbaldi copula" subscribed her husband's 618 charter[369]. ****** m [firstly/secondly] BERETRUDIS [Bertrada or Berthe], daughter of --- (-[618/19], bur Rouen Saint-Pierre). The Gesta Dagoberti names "Bertedrude regina" as wife of "Chlotharius filius Chilperici" and mother of King Dagobert. Fredegar names "Erchynoaldus…consanguineus…de genetricis Dagoberti" as maior domus in Neustria after the death of Aega, although the exact relationship between Erchinoald and Beretrudis is not known. Settipani suggests that she may have been the daughter of Richomer, patricius of Burgundy & his wife Garitrudis, maternal grandparents of Erchinoald. Fredegar records that "Bertetrudis regina" died in the 35th year of the reign of King Clotaire II, although there must be some doubt about the dating in light of the birth of Chilperich, son of King Clotaire's son by his marriage to Sichildis (see below). "Hlotharii rege Francorum…duæ uxores reginæ…Haldetrudis…et Bertetrudis" were buried in "basilica sancti Petri apostolic Rothomacum"[363]. King Clotaire II & his [first/second] wife had two children: 3. DAGOBERT ([610/11-Saint-Denis 19 Jan 639, bur église abbatiale de Saint-Denis). The Gesta Dagoberti names "Dagobertus" as son of "Chlotharius filius Chilperici…ex Bertedrude regina"[374]. His father appointed him as DAGOBERT I King of the Franks in Austrasia in 623[375]. He succeeded his father in most of Neustria in 629 and, after his half-brother's death in 631, established himself as sole king of the Franks. - see below. 4. child (-young [617/18]). The Vita Rusticulæ sive Marciæ records the death of a young son of King Clotaire II[376]. ****** m [secondly/thirdly] ([618/19]) SICHILDIS, sister of GOMATRUDIS[364], daughter of ---. The Gesta Dagoberti records that, after the death of "Bertedrude regina", her husband married "Sichildem"[365]. The Gesta Dagoberti names "Brunulfus…frater Sichildis reginæ"[366]. According to Fredegar, her husband accused her of "misconduct" with Boso of Etampes, son of Audolenus, whom the king ordered killed by Duke Arnebert[367 King Clotaire II & his [second/third] wife had one child: 5. CHARIBERT ([618/19]-631, bur Blaye, basilique Saint-Romain). The Gesta Dagoberti names "Hairbertum" as the son of King Clotaire & his wife "Sichildem"[377]. According to Fredegar, after his father died Charibert "made an attempt to seize the kingdom but his cause made little headway since he was simple-minded"[378], although the reference may have been intended to reflect merely his youth rather than mental incapacity. His brother King Dagobert installed him in 629 as CHARIBERT II King of the Franks, governing the territory between the Loire and the Spanish border. Fredegar records that King Dagobert granted "pagum Tholosanum, Cathornicum, Agenninsem, Petrocorecum et Santonecum" to "fratri suo Cairiberto", who established his capital at Toulouse and expanded his territory by subjugating Gascony in the third year of his brother's reign[379]. Fredegar records the death of "Charibertus rex" in the ninth year of King Dagobert's reign[380]. m ---. The name of King Charibert's wife is not known. King Charibert II & his wife had one child: a) [CHILPERICH ([630]-after 631 young). Fredegar records that "Charibertus rex" left "filium parvolum…Chilpericum" who only survived his father for a short time, recording that "it was said that Dagobert's followers brought about his assassination"[381]. If the marriage date of Chilperich's paternal grandparents is correct as shown above, Chilperich's father could not have been more than twelve years old when his son was born.]
  14. Title: Legacy NFS Source: II King of Austrasia & Neustria Clotaire -
    Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Franks2
    Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
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  15. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Clothaire II -
    Author: The Plantagenet Ancestry, Lt.-Col. W. H. Turton, D.S.O., Montgomery County Library, I-45 North, Conroe, TX, Page number: p.55
    Note: death: birth:
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  16. Title: https://www.wikiwand.com/de/Chlothar_II
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/de/Chlothar_II.;
  17. Title: Wikiwand: Chlothar II
    Author: Chronicles of the time of King Dagobert (592–639). translation by François Guizot and Romain Fern, Paleo, Clermont – Ferrand, "Sources of the history of France", 2004, 169 p. ISBN 2913944388 Fredegaire, Chronicle of Merovingian Times, translation by O. DeVilliers and J. Meyers, Brepols Publishing, 2001 ISBN 2503511511 Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Chlothar_II;
    Note: Chlothar II (or "Chlotar," "Clothar," "Clotaire," "Chlotochar," or "Hlothar"; 584–629), called the Great or the Young, was King of Neustria and King of the Franks, and the son of Chilperic I and his third wife, Fredegund. He started his reign as an infant under the regency of his mother, who was in an uneasy alliance with Clothar's uncle Guntram, King of Burgundy (d. 592). Clothar assumed full power over Neustria upon the death of his mother, in 597; though rich this was one of the smallest portions of Francia. He continued his mother's feud with Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia with equal viciousness and bloodshed, finally achieving her execution in an especially brutal manner in 613, after winning the battle that enabled Chlothar to unite Francia under his rule. Like his father, he built up his territories by moving in after the deaths of other kings. His reign was long by contemporary standards, but saw the continuing erosion of royal power to the nobility and the church against a backdrop of feuding among the Merovingians. The Edict of Paris in 614, concerned with several aspects of appointments to offices and the administration of the kingdom, has been interpreted in different ways by modern historians. In 617 he made the Mayor of the Palace a role held for life, an important step in the progress of this office from being first the manager of the royal household to the effective head of government, and eventually the monarch, under Pepin the Short in 751. Chlothar was forced to cede rule over Austrasia to his young son Dagobert I in 623. Unusually for a Merovingian monarch, he practised monogamy, though deaths meant that he had three queens. He was generally an ally of the church and, perhaps inspired by the example of his uncle Guntram, his reign seems to lack the outrageous acts of murder perpetrated by many of his relations, the execution of Brunhilda excepted. Background Frankish territories in the sixth century The domain of Clothar II was located in the territorial and political framework derived from the Frankish kingdom present at 561 at the death of Clothar, son of Clovis and grandfather of Clothar II. On the death of Clovis in 511, four kingdoms were established with capitals at Reims, Soissons, Paris, and Orléans, Aquitaine being distributed separately. In the year 550, Clothar I, the last survivor of four brothers reunited the Frankish kingdom, and added Burgundian territory (Burgundia) by conquest. In 561, the four sons of Clothar I followed the events of 511 similarly and split the kingdom again: Sigebert I in Reims, Chilperic I in Soissons, Charibert I in Paris, and Guntram in Orleans, which then included the Burgundian kingdom territory (Burgundia). They divided Aquitaine separately again. Very quickly, Sigebert moved his capital from Reims to Metz, while Guntram moved his from Orléans to Chalon. On the death of Charibert in 567, the land was again split between the three survivors, of greatest importance Sigebert (Metz) received Paris and Chilperic (Soissons) received Rouen. The names Austrasia and Neustria seem to have appeared as the names of these kingdoms for the first time at this point. Ambitions of Fredegund In 560, Sigebert and Chilperic married two sisters, daughters of the Visigoth king of Spain Athanagild; princesses Brunhilda, and Galswintha respectively. However Chilperic was still very much attached to his lover and consort, Fredegund, causing Galswintha to wish to return to her homeland in Toledo. In 570 she was murdered and within days, after a brief period of grieving, Chilperic officially married Fredegund and elevated her to a queen of a Frankish kingdom. "After this action his brothers thought that the queen mentioned above had been killed at his command..." Chilperic agreed, at first, to pay a sum of money to end the feud, but not soon after decided to embark on a series of military operations against Sigebert. This was the beginning of what is called the "royal feud " which did not end until Brunhilda died in 613. The main episodes until the assassination of Chilperic in 584 were as follows: the assassination of Sigebert (575), the imprisonment of Brunhilde and her marriage to a son of Chilperic, and the return of Brunhilda to her son Childebert II, successor of Sigebert. Moreover, Fredegund strove to ensure her position, since she was from lower origins, by eliminating the sons that Chilperic had with his previous wife Audovera: Merovech and Clovis. Her own children, however, died at a very young age and appeared to be by foul play. When Fredegund had a son in the spring of 584, he would be the future successor of Chilperic I, if he had lived long enough. Sources The main sources from the time are the chronicles of Gregory of Tours and the Chronicle of Fredegar. It is possible, however, that the authors contain a degree of bias in their works; for instance Gregory was a key figure in some of the conflicts of the time. The History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours in the late sixth century only recounts up to 572. It is favorable to Queen Brunhild, Sigebert, and Chilperic but extremely hostile to Fredegund. The Chronicle of Fredegar, beginning in 584, on the other hand is extremely hostile to Brunhild. That chronicle includes: The Biography of Clothar II Early life Under Frankish customs, newborns did not receive names initially, in order not to spread concern related to the symbolic name of the Merovingian. Wanting to choose a name based on the development of unrest in the kingdom of the Franks, his father did not baptize him immediately. Chilperic and Fredegund desired to protect their child, since their four older sons may have been victims of murder, and there was much political intrigue at the time. He was raised in secret in the royal villa in Vitry-en-Artois to avoid detection. In September 584, Chilperic I was murdered near his villa of Chelles, perhaps on the order of Queen Brunhilda after a hunt. This event produced general disorder and unrest. In this time Austrasians plundered parts of Neustria, seizing valuable treasures and goods, as well as important documents. Princess Rigunth, on the way to Spain to marry Prince Reccared, was captured by Duke Didier of Toulouse and was linked in conspiracy with Gondovald who stole all that remained of her dowry, so that she was forced to abandon the marriage.[5] Wars broke out between rival cities, and Orléans, Blois and Chartres stood against Châteaudun. Fredegund managed to keep most of the treasury of the state as well as key political figures, such as the generals Ansoald and Audon, although many, such as chamberlain Eberul, abandoned her. She took her son to Vitry and sent a message to Guntram, King of Burgundy, asking him to adopt the child and offer his protection to him in return for exercising his authority over Neustria until the boy came of age. Childebert II, who was at Meaux when Chilperic was murdered, considered an attack on Paris, but Guntram was ahead of him. Childebert II began negotiations with Brunhilda one hand, Guntram on the other: but Guntram refused many of his requests, including allowing him into Paris. He refused to deliver Fredegund, whom Brunhilda claimed was behind the regicide of Sigebert I, Clovis, and even Chilperic I. Guntram convened a meeting of Greater Neustria, in which the court recognized Clothar as the son of Chilperic, although there were some doubts about his paternal identity. It was at this time that they gave him the name Clothar, naming him after his grandfather. Guntram then took legal responsibility of the child, adopting him and becoming his godfather. Ansoald was responsible for regaining control of cities Neustria had lost since the death of Chilperic. They then swore allegiance to Guntram and Clothar after their capture. Guntram, attempting to restore order in the affairs of Neustria, likely against the advice of Fredegund and perhaps to show his authority, replaced key figures in the episcopal see of the church and moved its location. Bishop Promotus of Châteaudun, whose diocese was demoted after the parish council of Paris in 573, who saw this changes as a violation of canon law, demanded his return after being exiled to the death of Sigebert I, and was thus returned much of his personal property. Two envoys from Brunhilde, Duke Gararic and chamberlain Eberon, succeeded in swaying Limoges, Tours, and Poitiers towards Austrasian influence, with the help of bishops Gregory of Tours and Venantius Fortunat. Guntram responded by sending troops to recover the lost cities that promptly returned their loyalties to Guntram and Cothar. Fredegund was sent to the Villa de Vaudreuil, in the diocese of Rouen, where she was put under the supervision of the bishop Pretextatus. During the summer of 585, Guntram returned to Paris to act as godfather of Clothar, as he swore to Fredegund, along with three bishops and three hundred nobles of Neustria who recognized Clothar II as the son of Chilperic I. However his baptism at this time is postponed. It was expected to reconvene at the council of Troyes, but Austrasia refused to participate if Guntram would not disinherit Clothar. The council is moved to Burgundy and he was baptized on 23 October 585. While Guntram campaigned to capture Visigothic Septimania, Fredegund escaped her custody of the bishop and fled Rouen. During Sunday Mass, Pretextatus was stabbed, although he did not die immediately. Fredegund attempted to fetch doctors and gain his favor. However, he openly accused her of being behind this attack and the murder of the various kings. He publicly cursed and denounced her before dying soon after. continues part II
  18. Title: Royal Genealogies (Volume II)
    Author: James Anderson, D.D., Royal Genealogies (Volume II), Table 373, Page 615 (upper right).
  19. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Chlotaire II of the Franks - Published information: birth-name: Chlothar II 'the Great' 'the Young' of de Neustrie, King of Neustria, Paris, and the Franks
    Note: Published information: birth-name: Chlothar II 'the Great' 'the Young' of de Neustrie, King of Neustria, Paris, and the Franks Published information: male Published information: birth: May 0584; Published information: death: 18 October 0629; Paris, Seine, France
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