Theuderic I

Theodoric I. ( * before 484, † 533, French Thierry Ier ) was 511-533 Frankish king in the east of the Empire, which was later called Austrasia.

Theodoric, the eldest son of the Merovingian king Clovis was I. His mother was an unknown Franconian, which the historian Gregory of Tours as a concubine. They probably belonged to the family of the kings of Cologne. The other children of Clovis all came from his marriage to Chrodechild. Of the children of this marriage Chlodomer, Childebert I and Clotaire I. on the death of Clovis in 511 were still alive. With these three half-brothers Theuderic divided the Frankish kingdom. He received the eastern part, which included the Champagne, the Auvergne, parts of Aquitaine and the right of the Rhine. Residence to have been Reims; However, this is not backed up by evidence source. Each of the four brothers was part of Francia ( heartland of the empire between the Rhine and Loire ) and a portion of the conquered of Clovis areas south of the Loire. This complicated division was based on the tribal law, the Salic Law; which is regulated equal inheritance of the sons was adopted for the kingdom. This Erbregelung certain until the 10th century, the Frankish history and contributed significantly to the formation of the kingdoms of the Middle Ages.

As the death of Clovis only adult son was Theuderic guarantor of the existence of the empire within the limits of 511 531 he conquered with the help of his brother Clotaire I. the Kingdom of Thuringia. His half-brother Childebert I, he had a strained relationship, as this fell in the year 531, after a rumor was Theodoric, whose kingdom was trying to take. 532 Theodoric threw down an insurrection of the mouth Erich, who also aspired to the kingship.

Theodoric was married to Suavegotho, the daughter of the Burgundian king Sigismund and his wife Ostrogotho, so he probably did not participate in these warlike activities of his brothers against Burgundy.

Theodoric died probably towards the end of the year 533 After his death, his son Theudebert I (* 500, † 548) was able to defend his legacy against the attempted access his uncle.

In addition to his son Theodoric had the daughter Theudechild who died before 579 and was buried in Saint -Pierre -le- Vif at Sens, a church, which they had built. She was first married to the king Warne Hermegisclus, married his second wife, his son Radigis and returned later after Radigis had separated from her back to her home.