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Sigibert the Lame
Sigibert the Lame was king of the Franks of Cologne in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, lamed by a wound received fighting the Alemanni at Zülpich. An ally of Clovis I, he sent his son Chloderic to fight the Visigoths at Vouillé in 507. According to Gregory of Tours he was murdered around 509 at Chloderic's instigation, and Clovis took over his kingdom.
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