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See also:CHILDEBERT I . (d. 558) was one of the four sons of See also:Clovis. In the See also:partition of his See also:father's See also:realm in 511 he received as his See also:share the See also:town of See also:Paris, and the See also:country to the See also:north as far as the See also:river See also:Somme, and to the See also:west as far as the See also:English Channel, with the Armorican See also:peninsula. In 524, after the See also:murder of Chlodomer's See also:children, Childebert annexed the cities of See also:Chartres and See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans. He took See also:part in the various expeditions against the See also:kingdom of See also:Burgundy, and in 534 received as his share of the spoils of that kingdom the towns of See also:Macon, See also:Geneva and See also:Lyons. When Vitiges, the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:Ostrogoths, ceded See also:Provence to the See also:Franks in 535, the See also:possession of See also:Arles and See also:Marseilles was guaranteed to Childebert by his See also:brothers. Childebert also made a See also:series of expeditions against the Visigoths of See also:Spain; in 542 he took possession of Pampeluna with the help of his See also:brother See also:Clotaire I., and besieged See also:Saragossa, but was forced to See also:retreat. From this expedition he brought back to Paris a See also:precious relic, the See also:tunic of St See also:Vincent, in See also:honour of which he built at the See also:gates of Paris the famous monastery of St Vincent, known later as St Germain-See also:des-Pres. He died without issue in 558, and was buried in the See also:abbey he had founded, where his See also:tomb has been discovered.
See " Nouveaux documents sur le tombeau de Childebert a See also:Saint-Germain-des-Pres," in the Bulle'in de la Societe des Antiquaires (1887).
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