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French Monarchs Family Tree
Below are the family trees of all French monarchs, from Childeric I to Napoleon III. For a direct lineage, see Family tree of French monarchs (simplified) Key Unlike in some other family trees, siblings here are not listed in birth order. * : The blue border indicates French monarchs. * : The bolded border indicates legitimate children of monarchs. * : The thin border indicates other relatives. Merovingian dynasty Carolingian, Robertian, Bosonid dynasties Capetian dynasty House of Capet House of Valois House of Bourbon and Orléans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childeric I
Childeric I (died 481 AD) was a Frankish leader in the northern part of imperial Roman Gaul and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, described as a king (Latin ''rex''), both on his Roman-style seal ring, which was buried with him, and in fragmentary later records of his life. He was father of Clovis I, who acquired effective control over all or most Frankish kingdoms, and a significant part of Roman Gaul. Biography Most of early Merovingian history is based on the account of the 6th-century Gregory of Tours. The date of Childeric's accession is not given in the text, but it was after emperor Avitus' death in December 456II. 11. The only certain date is the Battle of Vouillé in 507; most of Gregory's other statements are contradictory. Childeric's father is recorded by several sources to have been Merovech, after whom the dynasty is named. Gregory (II.9) says that Merovech was reputed by some to be a descendant of Chlodio, an earlier Frankish king who had conquered Gaulish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaric II
Alaric II (, , 'ruler of all'; ; – August 507) was the King of the Visigoths from 484 until 507. He succeeded his father Euric as King of the Visigoths in Toulouse on 28 December 484; he was the great-grandson of the more famous Alaric I, who sacked Rome in 410. He established his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (''Vicus Julii'') in Aquitaine. His dominions included not only the majority of Hispania (excluding its northwestern corner) but also Gallia Aquitania and the greater part of an as-yet undivided Gallia Narbonensis. Reign Herwig Wolfram opens his chapter on the eighth Visigothic king, "Alaric's reign gets no full treatment in the sources, and the little they do contain is overshadowed by his death in the Battle of Vouillé and the downfall of the Toulosan kingdom."Wolfram, ''History of the Goths'', p. 191 One example is Isidore of Seville's account of Alaric's reign: consisting of a single paragraph, it is primarily about Alaric's death in that battle. The earliest-documen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingund
Ingonde, Ingund, Ingunda, or (in Latin) Ingundis ( 499 in Thuringia – 546) was a queen of the Franks by marriage to Chlothar I, son of Clovis. She was the daughter of King Baderic of Thuringia (c. 480 – c. 529). She became concubine to Chlothar in c.517, before his marriage in c. 524 to Guntheuc, widow of Chlothar's brother Chlodomer."...and Clothar immediately married his brother's wife, Guntheuca by name." This brought Chlothar access to Chlodomer's treasury.Grégoire de Tours, Histoire, livre III, 6. On Guntheuc's death in 532, Chlothar married Ingund. During their long relationship they had six children, four of whom would become kings or queen:"The king had ... by Ingunda, Gunthar, Childeric, Charibert, Gunthram, Sigibert, and a daughter Chlotsinda;" * Gonthaire or Gonthier, in Latin Gunthacharius, born around 517, died after 532. He took part around 532 in a military campaign led in Septimania; * Charibert I (or Caribert; circa 521-567), king of Paris from 561 to 567; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlothar I
Chlothar I, sometime called "the Old" (French: le Vieux), (died December 561) also anglicised as Clotaire from the original French version, was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I. With his eldest brother Theuderic I, Theuderic (c. 485 – 533/34) being the son of Clovis I and his first wife, Chlothar followed his two elder brothers Chlodomer (495–524) and Childebert I (496–558) as third surviving son of Clovis I and his second wife Queen Clotilde, lastly followed by their sister Clotilde (died 531), Clotilde (500–531). The name 'Chlothar' means "glory". In 511, Clothar I and his three brothers Theuderic, Chlodomer and Childebert inherited their shares of their father's kingdom. Chlothar spent most of his life in a campaign to expand his territories at the expense of his relatives and neighbouring realms in all directions. His brothers avoided outright war by cooperating with Chlothar's attacks on neighbouring lands in conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aregund
Aregund, Aregunda, Arnegund, Aregonda, or Arnegonda ( 515/520–580) was a Frankish queen. She is the earliest known queen of Francia. Aregund was the wife of Clotaire I (also known as Clothar) king of the Franks, and the mother of Chilperic I of Neustria. She was the great-grandmother of the last of the Merovingian kings to wield power, Dagobert I. She is known for the discovery of her tomb at St. Denis, France, though some questions remain as to the accuracy of this identification. Marriage Aregund and Clotaire are believed to have been married no later than 536 CE. Gregory of Tours claimed that Clotaire married both Aregund and her sister Ingund. It is said that Ingund was quite alarmed at her sister staying single and asked her husband Clotaire to find Aregund a husband. After meeting his sister-in-law, Clotaire is rumored to have announced to his wife that he had found her a suitable husband: himself. While Ingund bore 5 sons and one daughter, Aregund bore one son.The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radegund
Radegund (; also spelled ''Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund''; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, Cambridge (whose full name is "The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist ''and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund'', near Cambridge"). Life Radegund was born about 520 to Bertachar, one of the three kings of the German land Thuringia."St. Radegund", Jesus College, Cambridge Radegund's uncle, Hermanfrid, killed Bertachar in battle, and took Radegund into his household. After allying with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theuderic I
__NOTOC__ Theuderic I ( 487 – 534) was the Merovingian king of Metz, Rheims, or Austrasia—as it is variously called—from 511 to 534. He was the son of Clovis I and one of his earlier wives or concubines (possibly a Franco-Rhenish Princess, Evochildis of Cologne). In accordance with Salian tradition, the kingdom was divided between Clovis's four surviving sons: Childebert I in Paris, Chlodomer in Orléans, and Chlothar I in Soissons. Theuderic inherited Metz in 511 at his father's death. Early in his reign, he sent his son Theudebert to kill the Scandinavian King Chlochilaich (Hygelac of ''Beowulf'' fame) who had invaded his realm. Theuderic got involved in the war between the Thuringian King Hermanfrid and his brother Baderic. Theuderic was promised half of Thuringia for his help; Baderic was defeated, but the land promised was not given up. In 531, Theuderic then, with his brother Chlothar and his son, attacked Thuringia to avenge himself on Hermanfrid. Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalaric
Amalaric (; Spanish and Portuguese: ''Amalarico''; 502–531) was king of the Visigoths from 522 until his assassination. He was a son of king Alaric II and his first wife Theodegotha, daughter of Theodoric the Great. Biography When Alaric II was killed while fighting Clovis I, king of the Franks, in the Battle of Vouillé (507), his kingdom fell into disarray. "More serious than the destruction of the Gothic army," writes Herwig Wolfram, "than the loss of both Aquitanian provinces and the capital of Toulose, was the death of the king." Alaric had made no provision for a successor, and although he had two sons, one was of age but illegitimate and the other, Amalaric, the offspring of a legal marriage but still a child. Amalaric was carried for safety into Spain, which country and Provence were thenceforth ruled by his maternal grandfather, Theodoric the Great, acting through his vice-regent, an Ostrogothic nobleman named Theudis. The older son, Gesalec, was chosen as king bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clotilde (died 531)
Clotilde (or Chrodechildis) ( 500–531) was the daughter of King Clovis I of the Franks and Queen Clotilde. She became the queen of the Visigothic King Amalaric. Born around 500, she was the favored child of her parents and was deeply affected by her father's death in 511.Riché, Pierre (1996), ''Dictionnaire des Francs: Les temps Mérovingiens.'' Eds. Bartillat. Clotilde wed Amalaric around 526, and the initial ties between their families were positive. While Clotilde was Catholic, Amalaric and the Visigoths practiced Arianism. She steadfastly held onto her own religious beliefs, refusing to adopt her husband's faith, and she shared her plight with her family, describing the persecution she faced due to her faith. This tension led to Amalaric's expulsion from Narbonne. Subsequently, a conflict erupted in 531 between her brother, King Childebert I, and her husband, at Barcelona, Spain. According to Isidore of Seville, Amalaric faced defeat and was ultimately assassinated by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baderic
Baderic, Baderich, Balderich or Boderic ( 480 – 529), son of Bisinus and Menia, was a co-king of the Thuringii. He and his brothers Hermanfrid and Bertachar, Berthar succeeded their father Bisinus. After Hermanfrid defeated Berthar in battle, he invited King Theuderic I of Metz to help him defeat Baderic in return for half of the kingdom. Theuderic I agreed and Baderic was defeated and killed in 529. Hermanfrid became the sole king. Notes * 6th-century Germanic people 480s births 529 deaths Early Germanic warriors Kings of the Thuringians 6th-century monarchs in Europe Year of birth uncertain {{Europe-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertachar
Bertachar (or Berthachar) was a king of Thuringia from about 510 until about 525, co-ruling with his brothers Hermanfrid and Baderic. Bertachar was probably not a Thuringian himself. Frankish sources, such as Venantius Fortunatus, make the three brothers sons of King Bisinus. They are sometimes considered as sons of Bisinus' wife Menia, or else as sons of Basina, who is called a wife of Bisinus by the Frankish historian Gregory of Tours. Many scholars, however, reject Bisinus' marriage to Basina as ahistorical, leaving Menia as his only known wife. Bertachar's rule probably began between 507 and 511. He was murdered by his brother Hermanfrid, who later murdered Baderic to become sole ruler of Thuringia. This assassination may have taken place as early as 525. Bertachar had at least one daughter and, depending on the source, one or several sons. His sons are unnamed. His daughter, Radegund, married the Frankish king Chlothar I Chlothar I, sometime called "the Old" (French: l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
