Individual Details
Chilperic I, King of the Franks
(539 - 584)
CHILPERIC I, d. 584. Frankish king of Neustria (561-84). With his mistress and future wife, FREDEGUNDE, he murdered his wife Galswintha (567), thus precipitating a savage feud with Brunhilda (Galswintha's sister) and his brother Sigebert I of Austrasia (Brunhilda's husband). The feud was inherited by his son, CLOTAIRE, II. (The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953)
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
CHILPERIC I, d. 584. Frankish king of Neustria (561-84). With his mistress and future wife, FREDEGUNDE, he murdered his wife Galswintha (567), thus precipitating a savage feud with Brunhilda (Galswintha's sister) and his brother Sigebert I of Austrasia (Brunhilda's husband). The feud was inherited by his son, CLOTAIRE, II. (The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953)
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
CHILPERIC I, d. 584. Frankish king of Neustria (561-84). With his mistress and future wife, FREDEGUNDE, he murdered his wife Galswintha (567), thus precipitating a savage feud with Brunhilda (Galswintha's sister) and his brother Sigebert I of Austrasia (Brunhilda's husband). The feud was inherited by his son, CLOTAIRE, II. (The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953)
Events
| Birth | 539 | ||||
| Acceded | 561 | ||||
| Death | 584 | ||||
| Title (Facts Page) | King of Soissons (Neustria). |
Families
| Spouse | Fredegund (543 - 597) |
| Child | Chlothar II, King of the Franks ( - 629) |
| Spouse | Fredegund (543 - 597) |
| Child | Chlothar II, King of the Franks ( - 629) |
| Father | Chlothar I, King of the Franks (499 - 561) |