{"slug": "sigebert-i", "label": "Sigebert I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigebert_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309946", "qid": "Q309946", "description": "Frankish king", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [535, 575], "span_label": ["535 CE", "575 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Sigibert I"], "related": [{"slug": "chilperic-i", "label": "Chilperic I", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "austrasia", "label": "Austrasia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "reims", "label": "Reims", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "brunhilda-of-austrasia", "label": "Brunhilda of Austrasia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "fredegund", "label": "Fredegund", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "orleans", "label": "Orléans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "merovingian-dynasty", "label": "Merovingian dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chlothar-i", "label": "Chlothar I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "compiegne", "label": "Compiègne", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 535, "year_label": "535 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342880383#Births", "title": "535", "revid": 1342880383, "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": 562, "year_label": "562 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sigebert I repels an attack on Austrasia by the Avars at Regensburg (Germany). He moves his capital from Reims to Metz (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749268#Europe", "title": "562", "revid": 1364749268, "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": 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": 575, "year_label": "575 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658531#Deaths", "title": "575", "revid": 1367658531, "section": "Deaths"}}]}