CHILDEBERT ap CLOVIS I

King of the Franks

BIRTH: 496 in Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, France
DEATH: 23 Dec 558 in Paris, Seine, France
BURIAL: St. Vincent Abbey, Paris, Seine, France
FATHER: Clovis I ap CHILDERIC I
MOTHER: Clothilde verch CHILPERIC

MARRIAGE: 523 - Vultrogothe of Paris - Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, France
BIRTH: Abt 500 in Parise, Seine, France

Childebert I was a Merovingian Frankish King from 511 to 558. He was one of the four sons of Clovis I. Childebert I received the town of Paris and the country to the north to the Somme River and west to the English Channel with the Armorican Peninsula.
His brother Chlodomer's children were murdered in 524 at which time Childebert annexed the cities of Chartres and Arleans. He fought against the kingdom of Burgundy and received the towns of Macon, Geneva and Lyon in 534.
King Witiges of the Ostrogoths ceded Provence to the Franks in 535 and Childebert's brothers guaranteed him Arles and Marseilles.
Childebert took possession of Pampeluna, Spain in 542 and with the help of his brother Clotaire I, beseiged Zaragoza but had to retreat. However he brought back a precious relic, the tunic of St. Vincent, from these expeditions. He then honoured St. Vincent by building the Monastery of St. Vincent at the gates of Paris. St. Vincent was later known as St. Germain-des-Pres, France.

Childebert I died without issue in 558. He was buried the Abbey of St. Vincent where his tomb has now been discovered.

(Source: Wikipedia.com - this info was originally taken from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica)

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