Editing 531 (section)

==== Europe ====
* The [[Franks]] under King [[Chlothar I]] march against the [[Thuringii]] with Chlothar's nephew [[Theudebert I]]. The Kingdom of [[Thuringia]] comes under [[Francia|Frankish]] domination. 
* [[Hermanafrid]], last king of the Thuringii, is defeated by the Franks near the [[Unstrut|Unstrut River]]. During negotiations he is pushed from the town walls of [[Zülpich]].
* King [[Childebert I]] receives pleas from his sister [[Clotilde (died 531)|Clotilde]], wife of King [[Amalaric]], claiming that she is abused by her husband. Childebert invades [[Septimania]] ([[Gaul]]).
* Childebert I defeats the [[Visigoths]] and conquers the capital [[Narbonne]]. Amalaric flees south to [[Barcelona]], where he is assassinated by his own men.<ref>Isidore of Seville, ''History of the Goths'', chapter 40. Translation by Guido Donini and Gorden B. Ford, ''Isidore of Seville's History of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi'', second revised edition (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), p. 19.</ref>
* Clotilde returns with the Frankish army and dies on the journey home. She is buried in [[Paris]] alongside her father [[Clovis I]].
* [[Theudis]], sword-bearer of former king [[Theodoric the Great]], succeeds Amalaric as new ruler of the Visigoths.