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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilperic_II_of_BurgundyChilperic II was the
King of Burgundy from 473 until his death, though initially co-ruler with his father
Gondioc from 463. He began his reign in 473 after the partition of Burgundy with his brothers
Godegisel,
Gundobad and Godomar; he ruled from
Valence and his brothers ruled respectively from
Geneva,
Vienne, and
Lyon. They were all sons of
Gundioch.
Sometime in the early 470s Chilperic was forced to submit to the authority of the
Roman Empire by the
magister militum Ecdicius Avitus. In 475 he probably sheltered an exiled Ecdicius after the
Visigoths had obtained possession of the
Auvergne.
After his brother Gundobad had removed his other brother Godomar in 486, he turned on Chilperic. In 493 Gundobad assassinated Chilperic and drowned his wife, then exiled their two daughters,
Chroma, who became a nun, and
Clotilda, who fled to her uncle, Godegisel. When the
Frankish king,
Clovis I, requested the latter's hand in marriage, Gundobad was unable to decline. Clovis and Godegisel allied against Gundobad in a long, drawn out civil war.