{"slug": "chilperic-i", "label": "Chilperic I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilperic_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243118", "qid": "Q243118", "description": "king of Neustria from 561 to 584 (537-584)", "entries": 15, "years": 13, "span": [539, 585], "span_label": ["539 CE", "585 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "austrasia", "label": "Austrasia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "merovingian-dynasty", "label": "Merovingian dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "guntram", "label": "Guntram", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "brunhilda-of-austrasia", "label": "Brunhilda of Austrasia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "episcopal-see", "label": "Episcopal see", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aquitaine", "label": "Aquitaine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "reims", "label": "Reims", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 539, "year_label": "539 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Chilperic I, king of Neustria (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754969#Births", "title": "539", "revid": 1364754969, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 540, "year_label": "540 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Galswintha, Neustrian queen, married to Chilperic I (d. 568)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367291057#Births", "title": "540", "revid": 1367291057, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 561, "year_label": "561 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – King Chlothar I (\"the Old\") dies at Compiègne at age 64. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons (Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I), who divide the Frankish Kingdom and rule from the capitals at Paris, Orléans, Reims and Soissons, respectively.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800797#Europe", "title": "561", "revid": 1340800797, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 567, "year_label": "567 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert I, king of Austrasia, marries Brunhilda, and his half brother Chilperic I marries Galswintha, both daughters of the Visigothic king Athanagild.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800789#Europe", "title": "567", "revid": 1340800789, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 568, "year_label": "568 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert I, king of Austrasia, repels a second attack from the Avars. His half brother Chilperic I strangles his wife Galswintha at the instigation of his mistress Fredegund.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751316#Europe", "title": "568", "revid": 1364751316, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 568, "year_label": "568 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Galswintha, queen consort of Neustria, married to Chilperic I (b. 540)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751316#Deaths", "title": "568", "revid": 1364751316, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 570, "year_label": "570 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Rigunth, daughter of Chilperic I (d. 585)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800837#Births", "title": "570", "revid": 1340800837, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 573, "year_label": "573 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sigibert I goes to war against his half brother Chilperic I of Neustria at the urging of his wife, Brunhilda. He appeals to the Germans on the right bank of the Rhine for help, and they obligingly attack the environs of Paris and Chartres.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332331069#Europe", "title": "573", "revid": 1332331069, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 575, "year_label": "575 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Franks under Sigibert I pursue his half brother Chilperic I, and conquer the cities Poitiers and Tournai. While he is proclaimed new king of Neustria by the nobles, Sigibert is assassinated at Vitry-en-Artois (Northern Gaul) by hirelings of Fredegund.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658531#Europe", "title": "575", "revid": 1367658531, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 579, "year_label": "579 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Heavy taxes levied by Merovingian king Chilperic I of Neustria produce a revolt at Limoges (central France), as he sells bishoprics to the highest bidder.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073496#Europe", "title": "579", "revid": 1267073496, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 580, "year_label": "580 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Audovera, wife of Chilperic I (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364747518#Deaths", "title": "580", "revid": 1364747518, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 581, "year_label": "581 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Palace coup in Austrasia: New advisors break the peace treaty with King Guntram, and make a new alliance with his half brother Chilperic I, in which Childebert II, age 11, is recognized as Chilperic's heir.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801589#Europe", "title": "581", "revid": 1340801589, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 584, "year_label": "584 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chilperic I, king of Neustria (or Soissons)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754048#Deaths", "title": "584", "revid": 1364754048, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 584, "year_label": "584 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – King Chilperic I is stabbed to death while returning from a hunt near Chelles, after a 23-year reign over a territory extending from Aquitaine, to the northern seacoast of what later will be France. His wife Fredegund, who has paid for his assassination, seizes his wealth, flees to Paris with her son Chlothar II, and persuades the nobles to accept him as legitimate heir while she serves as regent, continuing her power struggles with Guntram, king of Burgundy, and her sister Brunhilda, queen mother of Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754048#Europe", "title": "584", "revid": 1364754048, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 585, "year_label": "585 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Rigunth, daughter of Chilperic I (b. 570)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938601#Deaths", "title": "585", "revid": 1365938601, "section": "Deaths"}}]}