Editing Charibert I (section)

==Death and legacy==
Though Charibert was eloquent and learned in the law, [[Gregory of Tours]] found him one of the most dissolute of the early [[Merovingians]]. He maintained four concurrent wives, two of them sisters,<ref>A bishops' council held in Pars under Charibert in 561 or 562 narrowly defined the consanguinities ruled to be [[incest]]. (Alexander C. Murray, ed. ''A Companion to Gregory of Tours'' p. 454).</ref> and this resulted in his [[excommunication]] by [[Germain of Paris|Germanus]].<ref>Gregory, ''Hist.''  iv.26.</ref> This was the first ever excommunication of a Merovingian king.<ref name=":0" />  As a result, he was buried in disgrace at ''[[Blavia castellum]]'', a stronghold in the [[Tractus Armoricanus]]. At his death, his brothers divided his realm between them, agreeing at first to hold Paris in common. His surviving queen (out of four), Theudechild, proposed a marriage with Guntram, though a council held at Paris in 557 had outlawed such matches as incestuous. Guntram decided to house her more safely, though unwillingly, in a nunnery at [[Arles]]. His bastard, [[Charibert of Hesbaye]] receiving nothing.

The main source for Charibert's life is Gregory of Tours' ''History of the Franks'' (Book IV, 3,16,22,26 and IX, 26), and from the English perspective Bede's ''[[Ecclesiastic History of the English People]]''.