King Sigebert I Des FRANCS

535 - 575  (40 years)

• Name	Sigebert I Des FRANCS
  Prefix	King
  Birth	535
  Gender	Male
  _HASHTAG	KING
  	Designated Royal King
  _UID	A2FAB07AF6434957B319C6013FCAE4C8E7C4
  Death	Nov 575	Vitry-En-Perthois, France
  Person ID	I184	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Clothaire I "The Old", King Of France,   b. 497, Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, Franconie d. 10 Nov 561, Braines, Loire-Atlantique, Franconie (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Queen Ingundis (Haregonde) Of The THURINGIAN,   b. Abt 504, Thuringia, Germany d. Aft 535 (Age ~ 32 years)
  Marriage	532	His 4Th Marriage
  Family ID	F11645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Brunhild The VISIGOTH,   b. 543   d. Oct 613 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	566	Metz, Austrasia, France
  Children	1. Ingonde De FRANCS,   b. 559   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  death Nov 0575, in Vitry, France. ·Assassinated in a family blood-fued by his brother Chilperic. Chilperic had his wife, Galswintha, murdered so he could marry her maid. Sigebert was married to Brunhild, sister of Galswintha. On Sigebert's death, Brunhild continued seeking revenge. event 0561.·succeeded his father to the kingdom of Austrasia event BETWEEN 0567 AND 0568. ·was faced with attaks by the Avars, a fierce nomadic tribe related to the Huns||He therefore moved his captial from Reims to Metz. event 0567.·added to his lands those of his deceased brother, Charibert I, event 0573.·approved the election of Gregory as Bishop of Tours