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11-625: (Redirected from Sigibert ) Sigebert (which means roughly "magnificent victory"), also spelled Sigibert , Sigobert , Sigeberht , or Siegeberht , is the name of: Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings [ edit ] Sigobert the Lame (died c. 509), a king of the Franks Sigebert I , King of Austrasia (reigned 561–575) Sigebert II , King of Austrasia and Burgundy (reigned 613) Sigebert III , King of Austrasia (reigned 634–656) Sigeberht

22-459: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chararic (Frankish king) Chararic was a Frankish king from sometime before 486 until his death sometime after 507. The primary source for his career is Gregory of Tours . Clovis I had asked Chararic for assistance in his war against Syagrius in 486, but Chararic held back, standing off to the side and awaiting the outcome before choosing whom he would support. After arranging

33-656: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Sigobert the Lame His father's name was "Childebert". He was presumably wounded in the knee at the Battle of Tolbiac against the Alamanni . He supported Clovis I again, against the Visigoths at the Battle of Vouillé in the spring of 507. Despite his having lended assistance to Clovis on two previous occasions, according to Gregory of Tours , Sigobert

44-645: The Alemanni which was officially done in 496 A.D. Wood concludes, "If Gregory's ordering of events here is right, and there are no means of testing this part of his account, then the last years of Clovis' reign were concerned with the internal power politics of the Franks." Other Frankish kings Clovis removed from power at this time, according to Gregory of Tours, include Ragnachar , who had supported Clovis against Syagrius, and Ragnachar's two brothers. After all these murders Gregory tells us that Clovis lamented that he

55-714: The Little , King of Essex (reigned 623?–653) Sigeberht the Good , a king of Essex (reigned c. 653–660) Sigeberht of East Anglia , saint and a king of the East Angles (reigned c. 629–c. 634) Sigeberht of Wessex , King of Wessex (reigned 756–757) Others [ edit ] Sigebert of Gembloux (c. 1030–1112), Belgian medieval author and historian Sigebert Buckley (c. 1520–probably 1610), Benedictine monk in England Sigebert IV , fictitious son of

66-601: The Merovingian king Dagobert II See also [ edit ] Siegbert [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sigebert&oldid=1136923254 " Categories : Given names Old English given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

77-429: The envoys of Clovis then killed the new king in betrayal. Clovis then stood before the people of Chlodoric and professing horror at the murder of Sigebert, told them that the son had sent assassins to murder his father, but that Chlodoric had subsequently met his own end as well. Clovis then offered his protection to the former subjects of Sigobert and Chlodoric, and thus became their king. Gregory suggests that Chlodoric

88-446: The murder of his ally Sigobert the Lame by his son Chlodoric and Chlodoric's subsequent death, Clovis turned against Chararic. He trapped and captured him and his son. They were imprisoned and tonsured ; Chararic was ordained a priest and his son a deacon . According to Gregory, when Chararic complained to his son of their dishonour, his son replied with a remark suggesting that they allow their hair to grow long. This conversation

99-478: Was murdered by his son Chlodoric upon the instigation of Clovis I , when his son sent assassins upon him as he took a sojourn from his kingdom in a forest near Fulda. Chlodorich then told Clovis of the murder and offered him the finest treasures of his newly inherited kingdom as a symbol of their new alliance. Clovis sent messengers to assess the treasure, who then asked Chlodoric to plunge his hand as deeply into his gold coins as possible. With his arm submerged,

110-535: Was murdered in the same campaign that killed the Frankish King Chararic . Before, Clovis had killed Ragnachar and his brothers. After all these murders, Gregory tells us that Clovis lamented that he had no family left, implying that among his own casualties were close relatives. He said this not out of grief or remorse, but so that any other relatives might identify themselves, and so be marked for death. This European biographical article

121-467: Was reported to Clovis, who consequently had them killed and annexed their kingdom and treasure. Ian Wood notes it is surprising that Clovis waited over twenty years to deal with his rivals like Chararic, writing, "Clovis ought to have eradicated Frankish opposition earlier in his reign." However, the fact that he had Chararic tonsured clearly points to some time after Clovis' own conversion to Christianity, which Wood dates to soon after Clovis' victory over

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