Born around 500, she was the favored child of her parents and was deeply affected by her father's death in 511.
[1] Clotilde wed Amalaric around 526,[1] and the initial ties between their families were positive.
[2] Subsequently, a conflict erupted in 531 between her brother, King Childebert I, and her husband,[1] at Barcelona, Spain.
[2][3] According to Isidore of Seville, Amalaric faced defeat and was ultimately assassinated by his own men,[4] while Clotilde embarked on a journey to Francia with the Frankish army,[1] but she died en route.
Childebert I brought her body to Paris for burial, an event that deeply saddened her mother and siblings.