clodomir
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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
Kingdom of Orléans (Chlodomer)
Establishment
November 511: Frankish King Clovis died in Paris in 511. According to old Germanic custom, his kingdom was divided equally among his four sons. Chlodomer received the Kingdom of Orléans.
Chronology
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The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.
1.1.Partition of the Frankish Kingdom (511)
After the death of King Clovis I, the Frankish Kingdom was divided among his four sons.
1.2.Partition of the Kingdom of Orleans
The Kingdom of Orleans (a Frankish Kingdom originated from one of the many Frankish partitions) was to be divided among the three sons of late King Chlodomer but was finally occupied and partitioned between Chlothar I and Childebert I, who were Chlodomer's brothers.
January 525: The three sons of Clodomiro, Theobald, Guntario and Clodoaldo, were entrusted to the custody of their grandmother, Saint Clotilde, and her kingdom was divided between the brothers Clotaire I and Childebert I, waiting for the legitimate heirs to come of age. But Clotaire I and Childebert I agreed to divide the kingdom and had their two eldest nephews suppressed: only Clodoald escaped the massacre and managed to hide until he was an adult, then accepting to become a monk in Novientum and thus being spared.
Disestablishment
January 525: The three sons of Clodomiro, Theobald, Guntario and Clodoaldo, were entrusted to the custody of their grandmother, Saint Clotilde, and her kingdom was divided between the brothers Clotaire I and Childebert I, waiting for the legitimate heirs to come of age. But Clotaire I and Childebert I agreed to divide the kingdom and had their two eldest nephews suppressed: only Clodoald escaped the massacre and managed to hide until he was an adult, then accepting to become a monk in Novientum and thus being spared.
Selected Sources
De La Blanche, P. (1894): Atlas général d'histoire et géographie, Armand Colin & Cie, Editeurs, p.21
Middleton, J. (2015): World Monarchies and Dynasties Vol.1-3, Routledge, p.195
