brothers Chlodomer (495-524) and Childebert I (496-558) as third surviving son of Clovis I and his second wife Queen Clotilde, lastly followed by their sister Clotilde (500-531). The name 'Chlothar' means "glory".

In 511, Chlothar I and his three brothers, Theuderic, Chlodomer and Childebert, inherited their shares of their father's kingdom. Chlothar spent most of his life in a campaign