Guntram King of Franks at Orléans ¹⁷⁹⁷

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  General Notes:

Saint Gontrand (c. 532 in Soissons \endash 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.[1] He was the third-eldest and second-eldest-surviving son of Chlothar I and Ingunda. On his father's death in 561, he became king of a fourth of the Kingdom of the Franks, and made his capital at Orléans.[2] The name "Gontrand" denotes "War Raven".

  Burial Notes:

He died at Chalon-sur-Saône in 592, and his nephew Childebert II succeeded him.[6] He was buried in the Church of Saint Marcellus, which he had founded in Chalon. Almost immediately, his subjects proclaimed Gontrand a saint and the Catholic Church celebrates his feast day on 28 March. The Huguenots, who scattered his ashes in the 16th century, left only his skull untouched in their fury. It is now kept there in a silver case.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Clan: Merovingian dynasty,,.