Sigebert, the Lame

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• Name	Sigebert , the Lame  [1, 2]
  Suffix	the Lame
  Gender	Male
  Died	509	Buconian Forest, Germany   [1, 2]
  Notes	Sigobert the Lame (also Sigibert or Sigebert) (died ca. 509) was a king of the Franks in the area of Zülpich (Latin: Tolbiac) 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 (507). 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.
  Person ID	I2753	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Childebert, King of Cologne
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F1610	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Theodelinde of Burgundy
  Children	1. Chloderic the Parricide,   d. 509
  Family ID	F787	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S229] English Genealogy, Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, (Name: Clarendon Press; Location: Oxford; Date: 1972;). [S162] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore; Date: 1992;).