Chlothar I
- Født: Omkr 497
- Ægteskab (1): Guntheuc omkring 524
- Ægteskab (2): Radegund omkring 532
- Ægteskab (3): Ingund
- Ægteskab (4): Aregund
- Ægteskab (5): Chunsina
- Parforhold (6): N.N.
- Død: 29 Nov. 561, Compiègne, , Picardie, France i en alder af ca. 64 år
 Notater:
Chlothar I, also referred to as Clotaire I, (c. 497 - 29 November 561), called the Old (le Vieux), King of the Franks, was one of the four sons of Clovis I of the Merovingian dynasty.
Although his father, Childeric I, had united Francia for the first time, Clovis I divided the kingdom between his four sons. In the year 511 at the age of about 14, Clothar I inherited two large territories on the Western coast of Francia, separated by the lands of his brother Charibert I's kingdom of Paris. Chlothar spent most of his life in an unedifying struggle to expand his territories at the expense of his relatives and neighbouring realms in all directions.
His brothers avoided outright war by cooperating with his attacks on neighbouring lands in concert or by swooping on lands when the ruler died. The spoils were shared between the participating brothers. By the end of his life, Chlothar had managed to reunite the Francia by outliving his brothers and grabbing their territories after they had died. But upon his own death, the Frankish kingdom was once again divided between his own four surviving sons; a fifth son had rebelled and was killed, along with his family.
Chlothar's father, Clovis I, had converted to Nicene Christianity, but Chlothar, like other Merovingians, did not consider the monogamy taught by Christianity should be expected of royalty; he had five wives, more from political expediency than for personal motives. Although at the instigation of his queens he gave money for several new church buildings, he was a less than enthusiastic Christian and succeeded in introducing taxes on church property.
Chlothar blev gift med Guntheuc omkring 524. (Guntheuc blev født i 495 og døde omkring 532.)
Chlothar blev derefter gift med Radegund omkring 532. (Radegund blev født omkring 520 og døde den 13 Aug. 587.)
Chlothar blev derefter gift med Ingund, datter af Baderic og N. N. (Ingund blev født omkring 499.)
Chlothar blev derefter gift med Aregund, datter af Baderic og N. N. (Aregund blev født omkring 515-520 og døde i 580.)
Chlothar blev derefter gift med Chunsina.
Chlothar havde et forhold til N.N.
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