Editing Clovis I (section)

===Barbarian bonding===
{{See also|Audofleda}}
Around 493 AD, he secured an alliance with the [[Ostrogoths]] through the marriage of his sister [[Audofleda]] to their king, [[Theodoric the Great]].<ref name=BeerAdvocate/>
In the same year, the neighboring [[Chilperic II of Burgundy|King of the Burgundians]] was slain by his brother, [[Gundobad]]; bringing civil strife to that kingdom. Allegedly, Gundobad proceeded to drown his sister-in-law and force his niece, Chrona, into a convent. Another niece, [[Clotilde]], fled to the court of the third brother, [[Godegisel]]. Finding himself in a precarious position, Godegisel decided to ally himself to Clovis by marrying his exiled niece to the Frankish king.<ref name=encbrit>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Clotilda, Saint|volume=6|page=557|short=1}}</ref>