Guntheuc

Personal and Family Information

Guntheuc was born about 0495, the daughter of unknown parents. The place is not known.

She died about 0532. The place is not known.

She had two marriages/partners. Her first husband was Chlodomer Merovingian Dynasty, who she married in 517. The place has not been found. They had no known children.

Her second husband was Chlothar I Merovingian Dynasty, who she married in ABT 524. The place has not been found. They had no known children.

Events

Notes

Note 1

!StyleName: Guntheuc Frankish queen consort [~495 - ~532]

!Source: Guntheuc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntheuc

Guntheuc

Queen of the Franks

Reign 27 November 511 – 23 December 558

Born c. 495

Died c. 532

Spouse Chlodomer

Chlothar I

Issue Theodebald

Gunthar

Clodoald

Religion Catholic Christianity

-

Guntheuc was a Frankish queen consort. She was first married to King Chlodomer and later to his younger brother, King Chlothar I.

Life

-

Guntheuc may have been of Burgundian origin and the granddaughter of Godegisel a King of Burgundy.[citation needed]

-

In 517, she married Chlodomer, King of the Franks residing at Orléans. Together they had three sons: Gunthar, Theudebald, and Clodoald.[1][2]

-

King Chlodomer led an expedition against the Burgundians in 524. He was killed on this expedition, in the spring or summer of the same year, at the Battle of Vézeronce. Soon after Chlodomer's death, his younger brother Clothar I, king at Soissons, married Guntheuc.[2]

-

Chlodomer's and Guntheuc's three sons were entrusted to their grandmother, Queen Clotilde.[2] However, Clothar and his remaining brothers, Childebert I, procured the sons, ostensibly to raise them to their father's throne but actually to either kill them or cut their hair, removing the symbol of their royal status. Gunthar and Theudebald were killed, while the third son, Clodoald, managed to escape, shaved his head and became a monk. He later became abbot of Nogent and is known as Saint Cloud.[1][3]