Guntram

St. Gontrand
A tremissis bearing Guntram's effigy and minted at Chalon-sur-Saône
King of Orléans
Reign561–592
PredecessorChlothar I
SuccessorChildebert II
Born532
Soissons
Died28 March 592 (aged 59–60)
Chalon-sur-Saône
SpousesVeneranda
Marcatrude
Austregilde
IssueGundobad
Clothar
Chlodomer
HouseMerovingian
FatherChlothar I
MotherIngund

Saint Gontrand (c. 532 in Soissons – 28 March 592 in Chalon-sur-Saône), also called Gontran, Gontram, Guntram, Gunthram, Gunthchramn, and Guntramnus, was the king of the Kingdom of Orléans from AD 561 to AD 592.[1] He was the third-eldest and second-eldest-surviving son of Chlothar I and Ingunda. On his father's death in 561, he became king of a fourth of the Kingdom of the Franks, and made his capital at Orléans.[2] The name "Gontrand" denotes "War Raven".

  1. ^ Butler, Rev Fr Alban (May 2009). Lives of the Saints: For Every Day in the Year. TAN Books. p. 220. ISBN 9781618903075.
  2. ^ Ian Wood, The Merovingian Kingdoms 450–751 (Longman Group, 1994), 56.