Gundoald
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thumb|Gundoald surrendered to Guntram. thumb|The movements of Gundoald in Aquitaine Gundoald or Gundovald was a Merovingian usurper king in the area of southern Gaul in either 584 or 585. He claimed to be an illegitimate son of Chlothar I and, with the financial support of the Emperor Maurice, took some major cities in southern Gaul, such as Poitiers and Toulouse, which belonged to Guntram, king of Burgundy, a legitimate son of Chlothar I. Guntram marched against him, calling him nothing more than a miller's son and named him 'Ballomer'. Gundovald fled to Comminges, and Guntram's army set down
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Vinony files it under 580s deaths, 6th-century Frankish kings and Frankish warriors.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Comminges
- Father
- Chlothar I
- Mother
- Ingund
- Sibling
- Chlothsind
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Noble title
- prince
- Image
- Gondoald se réfugie auprès du roi Gontran. Il est tué en trahison.jpeg
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- date of death
- 0585-03-00
- date of birth
- 0600-01-01
- Commons category
- Gundoald
- social classification
- nobility
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