Editing Chlothar I (section)

===Acquisition of Metz===
[[Theudebald]], Chlothar's great-nephew and the grandson of the late Theuderic, died childless in 555. So Chlothar immediately went to [[Metz]] to take possession of the kingdom from his late nephew, but under Salic Law he had to share it with his brother. So he married [[Waldrada (Lombard)|Waldrada]], Theudebald's widow and the daughter of the Lombard king [[Wacho]]. This ensured the smooth succession to the kingdom of [[Metz]], as well as an alliance with the Lombards, established since the reign of Theudebert. But the bishops condemned this incestuous marriage and forced Chlothar to divorce her. They gave her in marriage to the Bavarian Duke [[Garibald I of Bavaria|Garibald]]. To compensate for the breakdown of the marriage with Vuldetrade (Waldrada), Chlothar gave [[Chlothsind (queen)|Chlothsind]], his daughter, to the Lombard prince and future king, [[Alboin]]. Condat the Domesticus, great administrator of the palace of King Theudebald, retained his position after the annexation of the kingdom of Metz.<ref>Venance Fortunat, ''Carmina'', VII, 16 ; [[Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire|PLRE]], III, 1, pp. 331–332.</ref>