Chlodoric (or
Chloderic)
the Patricide (died c. 509) murdered his own father,
Sigobert the LameSigobert the Lame was a king of the Franks in the area of Zülpich and Cologne.He was presumably wounded at the knee at the Battle of Tolbiac against the Alamanni....
, in order to take his kingdom. Chlodoric acted upon the instigation of
Clovis IClovis was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one king. He also introduced Christianity. He was the son of Childeric I and Basina. At age 16, he succeeded his father, in the year 481...
a rival king of the
Salian FranksThe Salian Franks or Salii were a subgroup of the early Franks who originally had been living north of the limes in the coastal area above the Rhine in the northern Netherlands, where today there still is a region called Salland. The Merovingian kings, responsible for the conquest of Gaul were of...
. After Sigobert's death Clovis then accused Chlodoric of the murder and had him killed in his turn for the crime. In this way Clovis became king of Sigobert's and Chlodoric's people.
Gregory suggest that Chlodoric was murdered in the same campaign that also killed the Frankish King
ChararicChararic was a Frankish king from sometime before 486 until after 507. He was an adversary of Clovis I of the Salii. The primary source for his career is Gregory of Tours....
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Chlodoric (or
Chloderic)
the Patricide (died c. 509) murdered his own father,
Sigobert the LameSigobert the Lame was a king of the Franks in the area of Zülpich and Cologne.He was presumably wounded at the knee at the Battle of Tolbiac against the Alamanni....
, in order to take his kingdom. Chlodoric acted upon the instigation of
Clovis IClovis was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one king. He also introduced Christianity. He was the son of Childeric I and Basina. At age 16, he succeeded his father, in the year 481...
a rival king of the
Salian FranksThe Salian Franks or Salii were a subgroup of the early Franks who originally had been living north of the limes in the coastal area above the Rhine in the northern Netherlands, where today there still is a region called Salland. The Merovingian kings, responsible for the conquest of Gaul were of...
. After Sigobert's death Clovis then accused Chlodoric of the murder and had him killed in his turn for the crime. In this way Clovis became king of Sigobert's and Chlodoric's people.
Gregory suggest that Chlodoric was murdered in the same campaign that also killed the Frankish King
ChararicChararic was a Frankish king from sometime before 486 until after 507. He was an adversary of Clovis I of the Salii. The primary source for his career is Gregory of Tours....
. Before, Clovis had killed King Ragnachar and his brothers.
After all these murders Gregory tells us that Clovis lamented that he had no family left anymore, implying that amongst his own casualties were close relatives.