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CLOTAIRE I

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 557 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLOTAIRE I . (d. 561) was one of the four sons of See also:Clovis. On the See also:death of his See also:father in 511 he received as his See also:share of the See also:kingdom the See also:town of See also:Soissons, which he made his See also:capital, the cities of See also:Laon, See also:Noyon, See also:Cambrai and See also:Maastricht, and the See also:lower course of the See also:Meuse. But he was very ambitious, and sought to extend his domain. He was the See also:chief instigator of the See also:murder of his See also:brother Clodomer's See also:children in 524, and his share of the spoils consisted of the cities of See also:Tours and See also:Poitiers. He took See also:part in the various expeditions against See also:Burgundy, and after the destruction of that kingdom in 534 obtained See also:Grenoble, See also:Die and some of the neighbouring cities. When See also:Provence was ceded to the See also:Franks by the See also:Ostrogoths, he received the cities of See also:Orange, See also:Carpentras and See also:Gap. In 531 he marched against the Thuringi with his brother Theuderich(See also:Thierry)I., and in 542 with his brother See also:Childebert against the Visigoths of See also:Spain. On the death of his See also:great-See also:nephew Theodebald in 555, Clotaire annexed his territories; and on Childebert's death in 558 he became See also:king of all See also:Gaul. He also ruled over the greater part of See also:Germany, made expeditions into See also:Saxony, and for some See also:time exacted from the See also:Saxons an See also:annual See also:tribute of Soo cows. The end of his reign was troubled by See also:internal dissensions, his son Chram rising against him on several occasions.

Following Chram into See also:

Brittany, where the See also:rebel had taken See also:refuge, Clotaire shut him up with his wife and children in a cottage, to which he set See also:fire. Overwhelmed with remorse, he went to Tours to implore forgiveness at the See also:tomb of St See also:Martin, and died shortly afterwards.

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