Clotilde died in 531, she was the daughter of King Clovis I of the Franks and Queen Clotilde.
In 511 she was married to the King Amalaric of the Visigoths. Clotilde was a Catholic, while Amalaric and his fellow-Visigoths were Arians. Clotilde refused to adopt her husband's religious practices and complained to her kin that she was persecuted for her faith. At one point she was beaten until she bled; she sent to her brother Childebert I, king of Paris a towel stained with her own blood
This led to war in 531 between her brother, King Childebert I, and her husband. Amalaric was defeated and Clotilde returned to France with the Frankish army, but died on the journey and was buried beside her father in Paris
In 511 she was married to the King Amalaric of the Visigoths. Clotilde was a Catholic, while Amalaric and his fellow-Visigoths were Arians. Clotilde refused to adopt her husband's religious practices and complained to her kin that she was persecuted for her faith. At one point she was beaten until she bled; she sent to her brother Childebert I, king of Paris a towel stained with her own blood
This led to war in 531 between her brother, King Childebert I, and her husband. Amalaric was defeated and Clotilde returned to France with the Frankish army, but died on the journey and was buried beside her father in Paris
Clotilde died in 531, she was the daughter of King Clovis I of the Franks and Queen Clotilde.
In 511 she was married to the King Amalaric of the Visigoths. Clotilde was a Catholic, while Amalaric and his fellow-Visigoths were Arians. Clotilde refused to adopt her husband's religious practices and complained to her kin that she was persecuted for her faith. At one point she was beaten until she bled; she sent to her brother Childebert I, king of Paris a towel stained with her own blood
This led to war in 531 between her brother, King Childebert I, and her husband. Amalaric was defeated and Clotilde returned to France with the Frankish army, but died on the journey and was buried beside her father in Paris
In 511 she was married to the King Amalaric of the Visigoths. Clotilde was a Catholic, while Amalaric and his fellow-Visigoths were Arians. Clotilde refused to adopt her husband's religious practices and complained to her kin that she was persecuted for her faith. At one point she was beaten until she bled; she sent to her brother Childebert I, king of Paris a towel stained with her own blood
This led to war in 531 between her brother, King Childebert I, and her husband. Amalaric was defeated and Clotilde returned to France with the Frankish army, but died on the journey and was buried beside her father in Paris
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