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)


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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

Birth539
Acceded561
Death584
Title (Facts Page)King of Soissons (Neustria).

Families

SpouseFredegund (543 - 597)
ChildChlothar II, King of the Franks ( - 629)
SpouseFredegund (543 - 597)
ChildChlothar II, King of the Franks ( - 629)
FatherChlothar I, King of the Franks (499 - 561)