St. Chrotechildis Gjúkungar
- Born: Abt 480, Bourgogne, France
- Married: 492
- Died: 3 Jun 548, Monastery of St. Martin, Tours, Indre Et Loire, France
- Buried: Basilique des Saints-Apôtres [later église de Sainte-Geneviève], Paris, France
 Orthographic variations: Clothilde, Clotilde.
Research Notes:
Gregory of Tours names "Clotilde" as the younger daughter of Chilperich, recording that she and her sister were driven into exile by their paternal uncle King Gundobad, but that the latter accepted a request for her hand in marriage from Clovis King of the Franks. The Liber Historiæ Francorum records that, after the murder of her parents, "filia…iunior…Chrotchilde" was kept in Burgundy where she attracted the attention of Chlodoveo King of the Franks. Fredegar states that Clotilde was driven into exile to Geneva by her uncle, after he allegedly murdered her father, and that King Clovis requested her hand in marriage as a means of controlling Gundobad's power. Gregory of Tours records Clotilde's lack of success in converting her husband to Christianity until the fifteenth year of his reign, when he and his people were baptised by St Rémy Bishop of Reims.
Gregory of Tours records that Queen Clotilde became a nun at the church of St Martin at Tours after her husband died. Clotilde was canonised by the Catholic church, her feast day is 3 Jun. 1
Marriage Information:
Chrotechildis married Chlodovech (Clovis) I "The Great" Meroving, King of the Salian Franks, son of Childerich I Meroving, King of the Salian Franks, and Basina von Thüringen, in 492. (Chlodovech (Clovis) I "The Great" Meroving was born in 463 in Rheims, Marne, France, christened on 25 Dec 496 in Rheims, France and died on 27 Nov 511.)
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