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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 3, 1. Of the Sons of Clovis
Upon the death of King Clovis, his four sons, Theuderic, Chlodomer, Childebert, and Lothar, inherited his kingdom and divided it in equal measure between them. Theuderic already had a son Theudebert, a boy of good presence and capacity. Since these princes were very powerful by virtue of their own valour, and their armies gave them abounding strength, Amalaric, son of Alaric, king of Spain, asked of them their sister in marriage, which request they graciously accorded, sending her with a store of rich ornaments into Spain.