Childebert I

of France, was one of the four sons of' Clovis, among whom their father's kingdom was divided in 511. His capital was Paris, and his share embraced the territory between the Seine, Loire, and the seas, including part of Armorica. In the many wars that followed, pope Vigilius appears to have instructed his vicar in Gaul, the archbishop of Aries, to endeavor to maintain friendly relations between Childebert and Justintiain, and in 550 the pope induced Childebert to write to the Goths in Rome to abstain from doing anything to the prejudice of the Church. Childebert died at Paris in 558, and Clotaire became kings of the united Frankish realm.