Chilperich I. (Burgundy)

Chilperic I († around 480) was King of the Burgundians . He was the brother of King Gundioch and thus probably a son of King Gundahar .

Chilperich I is referred to as king in 457, during the lifetime of his brother. With his death around 473 he became the sole holder of power. He also took over his post as Magister militum Galliarum , while Gundioch's son Gundobad took over the title of Magister militum praesentialis , i.e. an imperial commander. It is unclear to what extent Gundioch's sons Chilperich II , Godomar I , Gundobad and Godegisel were already involved in power at this point in time . In the more recent research it is assumed that both Godomar and Chilperich II. 476/77 died and only Godegisel and Gundobad shared the rule after the death of Chilperich I.

Chilperich initially continued the fight against the Visigoths , but stopped this when his nephew Gundobad fell out of favor with the Roman Emperor Julius Nepos in 474 . Chilperich's defection led to negotiations in the course of which Julius Nepos dissolved the Federation Treaty and recognized not only the independence of the Burgundians, but also the possession of the province of Viennensis (the Rhône Valley ), the southern part of which he lost again in 476.

Chilperich's marriage to Caretene, which was concluded around 471, remained childless, so that after his death around 480 the kingdom fell to the four sons of his brother Gundioch.

Remarks

↑ Reinhold Kaiser : The Burgundy (= Urban pocket books. Vol. 586). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-17-016205-5 , p. 115 f.
↑ Whether Caretene, whose epitaph for 506 is attested in Lyon, was the wife of Chilperich is controversial; some researchers consider her to be Gundobad's wife (cf. Martina Hartmann : The Queen in the Early Middle Ages. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-018473-2 , p. 11).

predecessor	Office	successor
Gundioch	King of the Burgundians (457–) around 473–480	Gundobad ( Lyon ) Godegisel ( Geneva ) Chilperich II. (Unclear) Godomar I (unclear)

personal data
SURNAME	Chilperich I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of the Burgundy
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century or 5th century
DATE OF DEATH	at 480

[1] Reinhold Kaiser : The Burgundy (= Urban pocket books. Vol. 586). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-17-016205-5 , p. 115 f.

[2] Whether Caretene, whose epitaph for 506 is attested in Lyon, was the wife of Chilperich is controversial; some researchers consider her to be Gundobad's wife (cf. Martina Hartmann : The Queen in the Early Middle Ages. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-018473-2 , p. 11).