Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameSigobert “The Lame”
Death509
OccupationKing
ReligionCatholic
Notes for Sigobert “The Lame”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigobert_the_LameKing of Cologne
Sigobert the Lame was a king of the
Franks in the area of
Zülpich and
Cologne.
He was presumably wounded at the knee at the
Battle of Tolbiac against the
Alamanni.
According to
Gregory of Tours, he was murdered by his son
Chlodoric upon the instigation of
Clovis I, sometime after his victory on the Visigoths . Clovis then accused Chlodoric of murder and had him killed in his turn. In this way Clovis became king of Sigobert's and Chlodoric's people.
Gregory suggests that Chlodoric was murdered in the same campaign that also 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 left no family anymore, implying that amongst his own casualties were close relatives.