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See continuation of this lineage elsewhere
in Volume I.
Maud then married (2) David I. (St. David) of Scotland, son
of Malcolm III., who became one of
the most renowned kings of that country. Through this marriage
came the connection between the Earldom of Huntingdon and the
royal house of Scotland. They had four children as follows:
Ref: Casteries, De Rene de La Croix, "The Lives of the Kings and Queens of France," (1979).
Ref: Gregory, Bishop of Tours (Translated
by Ernest Brehaut),"History of the Franks" (written
originally in 594) (Published originally in 1916) (Reprinted in
1965)
Clovis at the age of twenty-five, fathered
a bastard son by an unknown concubine who was not of royal blood.
Their son, the first born, was Theodoric (Thierry) I. He died
in 534. Theodoric had a son, Theodobert.
In 493 Clovis married Clothilde (Clotilda) of Burgundy (afterwards St. Clothilde),
born 475, died at Tours in 545, "the girl of the French Vineyards".
She was the daughter of Gondebaud
(Chilperic II.?), King of Burgundy.
She was Arian by religion, but with strong Roman Catholic tendencies.
This marriage was of primary importance, as the real shape of
France dated from it. It was she who led her husband to abandon
his old beliefs and embrace Christianity. He was baptized in
the 15th year of his reign at Rheims on Christmas Day in 496,
with 3,000 of his followers. When Clovis first heard the story
of Christ's crucifixion, he was so moved that he cried, "If
I had been there with my valiant Franks, I would have avenged
Him." Henceforth the Church played a decisive role in the
history of the kings of France. By his wife, they had the following
sons:
Following upon the deaths of the above four
sons, the history becomes somewhat confused by the various successions
of sons and nephews. Thierry (Theodoric), who received at the
time of his father's death, the Ripuary country, the Moselle Valley
with Metz and Trier, French Hesse, Champagne, and the Alemanni
protectorate. He also took the largest share of the disposed
Goth territory. Thierry tried to murder his half-brothers but
failed. He died shortly afterwards, leaving a son, Theudebert
(Thibert) I, who allied himself to Childebert against Clotaire.
He died in 548, and he was succeeded by his son, Theudebald,
who died in 555. None of these were sole king, except Clotaire
I., who held the position from the death of Childebert I. in 558
until his own death in 561.
Clovis's achievement was a tremendous one:
he had created France.
According to Gregory of Tours:
"Clovis I. died at the age of forty-five,
having reigned for thirty years. Queen Clotilda came to Tours
after the death of her husband and served there in the church
of St. Martin, and dwelt in the place with the greatest chastity
and kindness all the days of her life, rarely visiting Paris."
From the first marriage with Guntheuca:
From the second marriage with Chunsina:
From the third marriage with Ingunde (Ingunda):
One source records that Clotaire Clothar)
had an incestuous relationship with his wife's sister. The "History
of the Franks" shows the relationship as a "marriage."
In any case the fourth union with Aregunda, sister of Ingunda
was as follws:
The records do not show any children from
the fifth or the seventh "marriage." The sixth union
with an unknown concubine resulted in an illegitimate daughter,
Gundovald.
According to Wurts and others, but not found
in "The History of the Franks," Clothar I. also
had a daughter as follows:
See the continuation of this lineage in the Malet Line in Volume II.