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Chlodomer King of Orléans 
Division of Gaul on Clovis' death, showing Chlodomer's kingdom beside his brothers' King of Orléans Reign 509 - 511 Predecessor Clovis I Successor Clotaire I House Merovingian Father Clovis I Mother Clotilde Born c. 495 Died 524
Battle of VézeronceChlodomer, also spelled Clodomir or Clodomer (born c. 495) was the second of the four sons of Clovis I, King of the Franks. On the death of his father, in 511, he divided the kingdom of the Franks with his three brothers: Theuderic I, Childebert I, and Clotaire I. Although Theuderic, the eldest, had a better claim, Chlodomer divided half of the kingdom with his two other brothers. This was the kingdom of Orléans, taken from the former kingdom of Syagrius. This kingdom included, most notably, the bishoprics of Tours, Poitiers and Orléans. Chlodomer married Guntheuc, with whom he had three sons: Theodebald, Gunthar, and Clodoald.
In 523–24, possibly at the instigation of his mother Clotilde, who was eager to avenge her nephew who had been assassinated by Sigismund of Burgundy, Chlodomer joined with his brothers in an expedition against the Burgundians. After capturing Sigismund, Chlodomer returned to Orléans. However, Sigismund's brother Gondomar returned triumphantly to Burgundy at the head of the troops sent by his ally, the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great. There, he massacred the garrison the Franks had left behind.
Although victorious, Chlodomer had Sigismund and his sons Gisald and Gondebaud assassinated on 1 May 524. He then led a second expedition against the Burgundians. He was killed on this expedition, in the spring or summer of the same year, at the Battle of Vézeronce. His three sons were entrusted to his mother until his widow married Clotaire I. Clotaire, however, had Chlodomer's children killed, although Clodoald managed to escape. Better known as Saint Cloud, he later became abbot of Nogent, having given up his hair, the symbol of the Frankish royalty, rather than giving up his life.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Chlodomer16. Clodio (hypothetical) 8. Merovech (hypothetical) 17. Basine, according to Portuguese Wikipedia 4. Childeric I 2. Clovis I 10. Basin, King of the Thuringii 5. Basina of Thuringia 11. Basina, a Saxon princess 1. Chlodomer 24. Gundahar, King of the Burgundians 12. Gondioc, King of the Burgundians 6. Chilperic II, King of the Burgundians 26. Rechila, Suevic King of Galicia 13. The sister of Ricimer (hypothetical) 3. Clotilde of the Burgundians 7. Unknown Further reading
- Bachrach, Bernard S. (1972). Merovingian Military Organization, 481–751. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0-81660-621-8.
- Geary, Patrick J. (1988). Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19504-458-4.
- James, Edward (1991). The Franks. London: Blackwell, ISBN 0-63114-872-8.
- Oman, Charles (1914). The Dark Ages, 476–918. London: Rivingtons.
- Wallace-Hadrill, J. M. (1962). The Long-Haired Kings, and Other Studies in Frankish History. London: Methuen.
- Wood, Ian N. (1994). The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450–751. London: Longman, ISBN 0-58221-878-0.
ChlodomerBorn: 495 Died: 524Preceded by
Clovis IKing of Orléans
511–524Succeeded by
Clotaire IMerovingian monarchs 
Childeric I (457–481) • Clovis I (481–511) • Childebert I (511–558) • Chlodomer (511–524) • Theuderic I (511–533) • Theudebert I (533–548) • Theudebald (548–555) • Chlothar I the Old (511–561) • Charibert I (561–567) • Guntram (561–592) • Sigebert I (561–575) • Childebert II (575–595) • Theudebert II (595–612) • Theuderic II (612–613) • Sigebert II (613) • Chilperic I (561–584) • Chlothar II the Great (584–623) • Dagobert I (623–634) • Charibert II (629–632) • Chilperic (632) • Sigebert III (634–656) • Childebert the Adopted (656–661) • Clovis II (639–657) • Chlothar III (657–673) • Childeric II (662–675) • Theuderic III (675–691) • Dagobert II (675–679) • Clovis IV (691–695) • Childebert III the Just (695–711) • Dagobert III (711–715) • Chilperic II (715–721) • Chlothar IV (717–720) • Theuderic IV (721–737) • Childeric III (743–751)
Categories:- Merovingian dynasty
- Frankish kings
- Monarchs killed in action
- 495 births
- 524 deaths
- 6th-century rulers in Europe
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