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Sigebert I was a male monarch of the Merovingian dynasty who held the noble title of king of Franks in Francia. Born in 535, he was the son of Chlothar I and Ingund. His siblings included Chram, Chilperic I, Charibert I, and Guntram. He was married to Brunhilda of Austrasia, and they had three children: Ingund, Childebert II, and Chlodosind.
Sigebert I died in 575 at Vitry-en-Artois. He is described in sources such as the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. His name appears in native language records as Sigibertus or Sigebert I.
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Key facts
- Reign
- 561–575
- Predecessor
- Clotaire I
- Successor
- Childebert II
- Born
- c. 535
- Died
- c. 575 (aged 39 – 40), Vitry-en-Artois
- Consort
- Brunhilda of Austrasia
- Issue
- Ingund , Chlodosind , Childebert II
- Dynasty
- Merovingian
- Father
- Clotaire I
- Mother
- Ingund
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Place of death
- Vitry-en-Artois
- Spouse
- Brunhilda of Austrasia
- Child
- Chlodosind
- Father
- Chlothar I
- Mother
- Ingund
- Sibling
- Chlothsind
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Noble title
- king of Franks
- Image
- Sigebert Ier.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sigebert I
- date of birth
- 0535-01-01
- date of death
- 0575-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Sigebert I
- different from
- Sigeberht the Little
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Encyclopedic overview
Sigebert I (c. 535 – c. 575) was a Frankish king of Austrasia from the death of his father in 561 to his own death. He was the third surviving son out of four of Clotaire I and Ingund. His reign found him mostly occupied with a successful civil war against his half-brother, Chilperic.
When Clotaire I died in 561, his kingdom was divided, in accordance with Frankish custom, among his four sons: Sigebert became king of the northeastern portion, known as Austrasia, with its capital at Rheims, to which he added further territory on the death of his brother, Charibert I, in 567 or 568; Charibert himself had received the kingdom centred on Paris; Guntram received the Kingdom of Burgundy with its capital at Orléans; and the youngest son, the aforementioned Chilperic, received Soissons, which became Neustria when he received his share of Charibert's kingdom. Incursions by the Avars, a fierce nomadic tribe related to the Huns, caused Sigebert to move his capital from Rheims to Metz. He repelled their attacks twice, in 562 and c. 568. He was defeated and captured by Huns (Avars), but at the end he made peace with them.
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