King Sigebert I AUSTRASIA

   Ancestral File Number: 8HS9-M9.

   General Notes:

King of AUSTRASIA Reigned 561-575.

BOOKS
The Story of Civilization, Will Durant, Vol IV, The Age of Faith, Ch IV, Europe Takes Form, Bk III Prelude to France, Sec 3 The Merovingians 511-614, p92: "Chlotar I outliving his brothers and inheriting their kingdoms, governed a Gaul vaster than any later France. Dying (561), he redivided Gaul into three parts: the Reims and Metz region, known as Austrasia (ie East), went to his son Sigebert; Burgundy to Gunthram; and to Chilperic the Soissons region, known as Neustria (ie Northwest).
"From the day of Clovis' marriage the history of France has been bisexual, mingling love and war. Sigebert sent costly presents to Athanagild, Visigothic king of Spain, and asked for his daughter Burnhilda; Athanagild, fearing the Franks even when they bore gifts, consented; and Brunhilda came to grace the halls of Metz and Reims (566). Chilperic was envious; allthat he had was a simple wife, Audovera, and a rough concubine, Fredegunda. He asked Athanagild for Brunhilda's sister; Galswintha came to Soissons, and Chilperic loved her, for she had brought great treasures. But she was older than her sister. Chilperic returned to the arms of Fredegunda; Galswintha proposed to go back to Spain; Chilperic had her strangled (567). Sigebert declared war upon Chilperic, and defeated him; but two slaves sent by Fredegunda assassinated Sigebert... "Chilperic was stabbed to death in 584, possibly by an agent of Brunhilda. He left an infant son, Chlotar II, in whose stead Fredegunda ruled Neustria with as much skill, perfidy, and cruelty as any man of the time. She sent a young cleric to kill Brunhilda; when he returned unsuccessful she had his hands and feet cut off; but these items too are from Gregory..."

The Wall Chart of World History, Edward Hull, 1988, Studio Editions, France 561: "Siegebert, King of Austrasia (Metz capital) 561-575, Replaced by Childebert I 575-596 and Theodebert 596-613..."

The Story of Civilization, Will Durant, Vol IV, The Age of Faith, Ch IV, Europe Takes Form, Bk III Prelude to France, Sec 2 The Franks 240-511, p92: "Chlotar I outlivinghis brothers and inheriting their kingdoms, governed a Gaul vaster than any later France. Dying (561), he redivided Gaul into three parts: the Reims and Metz region, known as Austrasia (ie East), went to his son Sigebert; Burgundy to Gunthram;and to Chilperic the Soissons region, known as Neustria (ie Northwest)."

ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.11 8HS9-M9 Sigibert Born Abt 521 Mar Abt 552 Died Abt 575, 9GBL-M2 Sigebert I AUSTRASIA King ?Born/?Died<Endowed 5 Nov 1941, Ver 4.10 Born Abt 535 Mar Abt 566/568 Died Abt 575/579.

   Marriage Information:

Sigebert married Princess Brunchildis VISIGOTHS, daughter of King Athanagild VISIGOTHS, about 552-568 in Metz, Moselle, Austrasia, France. (Princess Brunchildis VISIGOTHS was born about 534-539 in , , Spain and died on 28 Feb 613 in Dijon, Cote-D'or, Bourgogne, France.)