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Godegisel

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Godegisel (? - 501) was a Burgundian sub-king and son of the Burgundian king Gondioc.

Godegisel was the educator and uncle of Clotilde, wife of the Frankish king Clovis I. Since 463 he was a sub-king of the Burgundians. With the help of Clovis, Godegisel attempted to become the king of all the kingdom of the Burgundians by eliminating his brother Gundobad. Gundobad had previously seized the rest of the kingdom after the assassination of their brother Chilperic II.

With the promise of annual tribute and territorial cessions, Clovis agreed to aid Godegisel, and in 500 Gundobad was defeated near Dijon. However, Gundobad was able to flee to Avignon. In 501 he was able to recover his territory with Visigothic aid. Gundobad murdered Godegisel at Vienne, and replaced him with his son Sigismund.

Sources

  • Reinhold Kaiser: Die Burgunder (= Kohlhammer-Urban-Taschenbücher. Bd. 586). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-17-016205-5, S. 57 und S. 114–116.
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