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Name: Kingdom of Paris (Charibert I)

Type: Polity

Start: 561 AD

End: 567 AD

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Was one of the many Frankish Teilreiche (polities emerging from the hereditary divisions of the Frankish Kingdom that repeatedly divided and reunited) of the Merovingian Dynasty. It originated with the division of the Empire at the death of King Chlothar I.

Establishment

  • November 561: The Frankish King Chlothar I died at the end of 561, leaving his kingdom to his four sons. Charibert received the ancient kingdom of Childebert I, between the Somme and Pyrénées, with Paris as its capital, and including the Paris Basin, Aquitaine and Provence.

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    1. Frankish Partitions

    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 (561)

    The Frankish King Chlothar I died at the end of 561, leaving his kingdom to his four sons.


    1.2.Partition of the Kingdom of Paris

    After the death of Charibert King of the Teilreich (polities emerging from the hereditary divisions of the Frankish Kingdom that repeatedly divided and reunited) of Paris, his kingdom was partitioned between his brothers.

  • January 568: The Kingdom of Paris, in the absence of legitimate male heirs, was divided between the Gontrano brothers (who had the greater part), Sigebert I and Chilperico I .

    • Disestablishment

  • January 568: The Kingdom of Paris, in the absence of legitimate male heirs, was divided between the Gontrano brothers (who had the greater part), Sigebert I and Chilperico I .

    • Selected Sources

  • De La Blanche, P. (1894): Atlas général d'histoire et géographie, Armand Colin & Cie, Editeurs, p.21
  • Grégoire de Tours, Histoire, livre IV, 19, 21, 54.
  • Middleton, J. (2015): World Monarchies and Dynasties Vol.1-3, Routledge, p.195

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