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The Treaty of Andelot (or Pact of Andelot) was signed at Andelot-Blancheville in 587 between King
Guntram of Burgundy Saint Gontrand (c. 532 in Soissons – 28 March 592 in Chalon-sur-Saône), also called Gontran, Gontram, Guntram, Gunthram, Gunthchramn, and Guntramnus, was the king of the Kingdom of Orléans from AD 561 to AD 592. He was the third eldest and ...
and Queen
Brunhilda of Austrasia Brunhilda (c. 543–613) was queen consort of Austrasia, part of Francia, by marriage to the Merovingian king Sigebert I of Austrasia, and regent for her son, grandson and great-grandson. In her long and complicated career she ruled the eastern ...
. Based on the terms of the accord, Brunhilda agreed that Guntram adopt her son
Childebert II Childebert II (c.570–596) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia (which included Provence at the time) from 575 until his death in March 596, as the only son of Sigebert I and Brunhilda of Austrasia; and the king of Burgundy from 592 to his ...
as his successor and ally himself with Childebert against the revolted '' leudes''. Gregory of Tours wrote in his ''Historia Francorum'' that in the thirteenth year of Childebert, he went on an embassy for the king from
Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand ...
to Chalon to meet Guntram, who alleged that prior promises were being broken, especially concerning the division of
Senlis Senlis () is a commune in the northern French department of Oise, Hautes de France. The monarchs of the early French dynasties lived in Senlis, attracted by the proximity of the Chantilly forest. It is known for its Gothic cathedral and other ...
. Significantly to Gregory, the treaty brought about the cession of
Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metro ...
by Guntram to Childebert. An agreement was provided in writing and Gregory preserves the text of the treaty in his history.


See also

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List of treaties This list of treaties contains known agreements, pacts, peaces, and major contracts between states, armies, governments, and tribal groups. Before 1200 CE 1200–1299 1300–1399 1400–1499 1500–1599 1600–1699 1700–1799 ...
* Burgundy *
Neustria Neustria was the western part of the Kingdom of the Franks. Neustria included the land between the Loire and the Silva Carbonaria, approximately the north of present-day France, with Paris, Orléans, Tours, Soissons as its main cities. It late ...
* Austrasia


Sources


History of the Franks: Books I–X.
Gregory of Tours, trans. Ernest Brehaut (1916). 6th century in Francia Andelot 587 {{europe-hist-stub