Chlothar I 'The Old' King of Franks ^{1796,1797,1800}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Clan: Merovingian dynasty,,. ¹⁸⁰¹

2. Title of Nobility: King of the Franks at Soissons, between 511 and 558, in Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. ^1799,1801

3. Title of Nobility: King of the Franks at Orleáns, between 524 and 558, in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France. ^1799,1801

4. Title of Nobility: King of the Franks, between 558 and 561, in , , , Frankish Empire. ^1799,1801

5. Title of Nobility: King of the Franks at Reims , between 555 and 558, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. ^1799,1801

6. He was religious. ¹⁸⁰¹
Chlothaire's father, Clovis I, had converted to Nicene Christianity, but Chlothaire, like other Merovingians, did not consider that the Christian doctrine of monogamy should be expected of royalty: he had five wives, more from political expediency, for the purpose of forming alliances, than for personal motives.
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Chlothar married Ingunde of Thuringia, daughter of Baderic of Thuringia and Unknown. (Ingunde of Thuringia was born in 499 in , , Thuringia, Germany,^1796,1802 died on 13 August 563 in Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France ^1796,1802 and was buried in 563 in Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France ^1796,1802.)

Chlothar next married Arnegund of Thuringia in 532.¹⁷⁹⁹ (Arnegund of Thuringia was born in 500 in Gotha, , Thuringia, Germany,¹⁸⁰⁰ died on 13 August 551 in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France ¹⁸⁰⁰ and was buried in 551 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France ¹⁸⁰⁰.)