Saint Clothilde DE BOURGOGNE Queen of the Franks ^1799,1811

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  General Notes:

geni.com Chlotilde Spanish: Clotilde, French: Clotilde, Swedish: Clothilde Also Known As: "Chlotilde", "of France", "Chrotechildis", "Chlothilde", "St Chrotechilde de Bougogne", "Clotilda", "St.Clotilde", "Sainta Clotilde de Borganha", "Clothilde", "Clotild", "Rotilde or Chroctechildis", "Chlotilde "the Holy" de Bourgogne", "Clothilda", "the Burgundian Queen of Clovis I" Birthdate: circa January 02, 466 Birthplace: Kingdom of the Burgundians [Savoy, Rhône-Alpes, France] Death: June 03, 545 (75-83) Tours, Neustria, Kingdom of the Franks [Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France] Place of Burial: Paris, Region Ile-de-France, France Immediate Family: Daughter of Chilpéric II, king of the Burgundians and Carétène or Agrippina de Burgondie Wife of Clovis I the Great, King of the Franks Mother of Ingomer; Chlodomir I, King the Franks at Orléans; Childébert "the Catholic", I, King of the Franks; Chlothar I "the Old" King of the Franks and Clotilde, Visigoth queen consort Sister of Chroma of the Burgundians Occupation: Princess of Burgundy, Queen of France, Princesse burgonde, Queen of Burgundy, Queen of the Franks, queen 492-545, [Burgundy] Chrotochildis des Burgondes, Queen of Franks, Queen, Queen of France/Princess of the Burgundians/Saint, Saint, Santa, Princess,
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Clotilde was born at the Burgundian court of Lyon the daughter of King Chilperic II of Burgundy.
Venerated as a Saint by the Catholic Church, she converted her husband King Clovis I of the Franks to Christianity and, in her later years, was known for her almsgiving and penitential works of mercy.
Clotilde died in 544 or 545 at Tours

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She was Sainted by the Roman Catholic Church for her efforts at converting King Clovis and the Western Empire to Roman Catholicism. ¹⁸¹²

2. Title of Nobility: Queen of the Franks; Reine des Francs, between 493 and 511,. ¹⁸¹²

3. She was Roman Catholic between 496 and 511 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. ¹⁸¹²
Monastery of Saint Martin.
(Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France.)

Clothilde married Clovis "the Great" King of the Franks, son of Childerich King of of the Salian Franks and Basena VON THÜRINGEN. (Clovis "the Great" King of the Franks was born on 16 December 466 in Tournai, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium ^1799,1811, christened on 25 December 496 in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France,^1799,1811 died on 27 November 511 in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France ^1799,1811 and was buried on 29 November 511 in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France ^1799,1811.)