Charibert I, King of the Franks at Paris

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Charibert I (c. 517–November or December 567) was the Merovingian King of Paris, the second-eldest son of Chlothar I and Ingund. His elder brother was Gunthar, who died sometime before their father's death.

In 556, Chlothar sent Charibert and his next youngest brother Guntram against their younger brother Chramn. who was in revolt. Chramn was hiding out on Black Mountain in the Limousin. Negotiations failed and the two armies prepared for battle. A thunderstorm prevented any engagement and Chramn sent forged letters to his brothers, falsely reporting their father's death. Charibert and Guntram immediately returned to Burgundy to secure their positions.

On Chlothar's actual death in 561, the Frankish kingdom was divided between his sons in a new configuration. Each son ruled a distinct realm, which was not necessarily geographically coherent but could contain two unconnected regions, from a chief city after which his kingdom is called. Charibert received Neustria (the region between the Somme and the Loire), Aquitaine, and Novempopulana with Paris as his capital. His chief cities were Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Limoges, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Cahors, and Albi. Guntram received Burgundy, then Sigebert received Austrasia (including Rheims) with his capital at Metz, and the youngest brother Chilperic received a compact kingdom with Soissons as its capital.

Charibert and his wife Ingoberga had a daughter, Bertha (539–c. 612). Charibert also had several wives.. By Merofleda, a wool-carder's daughter, and her sister Marcovefa, he had daughters: Berteflede (a nun in Tours) and Clothilde (a nun in St. Croix, Poitiers, Her mother has not been determined). By Theudechilde, a cowherd's daughter; Charibert had his only son, who died in infancy. This behavior resulted in his excommunication, the first ever of a Merovingian king.

Charibert was scarcely more than king at Paris when he married his daughter Bertha to Aethelbert, the pagan King of Kent. She took with her Bishop Liudhard as her private confessor. Her influence in the Kentish court was instrumental in the success of St. Augustine of Canterbury's mission in 597.

Though Charibert was eloquent and learned in the law, he was one of the most dissolute of the early Merovingians. He was excommunicated, and his early death in 567 was brought on by his excesses. He was buried in Blavia castellum, a military fort in the Tractatus Armorica. At his death his brothers divided his realm between them, agreeing at first to hold Paris in common. His surviving queen (out of four), Theudechilde, proposed a marriage with Guntram, though a council held at Paris in 557 had outlawed such matches as incestuous. Guntram decided to house her more safely, though unwillingly, in a nunnery at Arles.

The main source for Charibert's life is Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks (Book IV, 3,16,22,26 and IX, 26), and from the English perspective Bede's Ecclesiastic History of the English People.

   * Bachrach, Bernard S. Merovingian Military Organization, 481–751. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1971.

   * Historia Francorum Books I-IX at Medieval Sourcebook.

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  1. [S58] E. B. Fryde, D. E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, editors, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition (London, U.K.: Royal Historical Society, 1986), page 12. Hereinafter cited as Handbook of British Chronology.

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died 567, Paris

Main Merovingian king of the Franks, the eldest son of Chlotar I and Ingund. He shared in the partition of the Frankish kingdom that followed his father’s death in 561, receiving the old kingdom of Childebert I, with its capital at Paris. Eloquent and learned in the law, he was yet loose-living and died excommunicate. At his death his brothers Guntram, Sigebert I, and Chilperic I shared his realm between them; a tripartite division of the lands north of the Loire thenceforth remained normal, the areas concerned being the east (Austrasia), the west (the future Neustria), and Burgundy. His daughter Bertha married King Aethelberht of Kent.

Related Links Aspects of this topic are discussed in the following places at Britannica.

Assorted References history of Gaul ( in France: The grandsons of Clovis ) ...agreement was based on that of 511 but dealt with more extensive territories. Guntram received the eastern part of the former kingdom of Orléans, enlarged by the addition of Burgundy. Charibert I’s share was fashioned from the old kingdom of Paris (Seine and English Channel districts), augmented in the south by the western section of the old kingdom of Orléans (lower Loire...

Sigebert I ( in Sigebert I ) ...four sons; Sigebert became king of the northeastern portion, known as Austrasia, as well as of portions of Aquitaine and Provence, to which he added further territory on the death of his brother, Charibert I, in 567 or 568. Incursions by the Avars, a fierce nomadic tribe, compelled him twice to repel their attacks (562 and c. 568). About 566 he married Brunhild, daughter of the...

Charibert I's father was Chlotar I (The Old) Franks and his mother was Radegonde (Ingunde) Thuringian de Ingonde. His paternal grandparents were Clovis I (The Great) Franks and Clotilde de Bourgogne; his maternal grandparents were Balderic von Thuringia and <Unknown>. He had two brothers named Chilperic I and Sigbert I. He was the oldest of the three children.

Charibert I, (died 567, Paris), Merovingian king of the Franks, the eldest son of Chlotar I and Ingund. He shared in the partition of the Frankish kingdom that followed his father’s death in 561, receiving the old kingdom of Childebert I, with its capital at Paris. Eloquent and learned in the law, he was yet loose-living and died excommunicate. At his death his brothers Guntram, Sigebert I, and Chilperic I shared his realm between them; a tripartite division of the lands north of the Loire thenceforth remained normal, the areas concerned being the east (Austrasia),

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 Rei merovingio de Paris (561-567) nascido em Soissons, que herdou o reino de Paris por causa da morte de seu irmão mais velho, Gunthar, ter morrido logo após a morte do pai. Com a morte do rei Clotário I, ocorreu uma nova divisão territorial (561): Austrásia, Burgúndia, Nêustria e Paris, distribuídas entre seus filhos: Sigeberto recebeu a Austrásia, incluindo Rheims, mas com capital em Metz; Chilperico recebeu a Nêustria com capital em Soissons; e Guntram recebeu a Burgúndia, com capital em Orleãs. Segundo filho de Clotário I, Rei dos Francos, e de Ingonte, e assumiu também o reino de Paris (561) compreendido no território entre Somme e Loire e boa parte da Aquitânia, com Paris como capital, e ainda tendo como importantes cidades Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Limoges, Bordeaux e Toulouse. Era um grande conhecedor e advogado das leis e dado à extravagâncias. Organizou um casamento entre sua filha Berta e o rei pagão de Kent, Ethelbert, visando vantagens políticas, mas que resultaria em um acontecimento importante para a conversão futura dos reis anglo-saxões. Também viveu marital e paralelamente com Ingeberge/Ingoberga, Méroflède/Merofleda, Marcovèfe/Marcobefa e Théodechilde/Theodogilda. Morreu em Paris e foi enterrado na Abadia de Saint-Vincent, depois Saint-Germain-des-Prés, nos arredores da hoje capital francesa. Como não tinha descendentes homens vivos, após sua morte seus irmãos sobreviventes, Guntram, Sigeberto I e Chilperico I concordaram em administrar conjuntamente o reino de Paris. 

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Charibert I (c. 517–November or December 567) was the Merovingian King of Paris, the second-eldest son of Chlothar I and Ingund. His elder brother was Gunthar, who died sometime before their father's death.

In 556, Chlothar sent Charibert and his next youngest brother Guntram against their younger brother Chramn. who was in revolt. Chramn was hiding out on Black Mountain in the Limousin. Negotiations failed and the two armies prepared for battle. A thunderstorm prevented any engagement and Chramn set forged letters to his brothers, falsely reporting their father's death. Charibert and Guntram immediately returned to Burgundy to secure their positions.

On Chlothar's actual death in 561, the Frankish kingdom was divided between his sons in a new configuration. Each son ruled a distinct realm, which was not necessarily geographically coherent but could contain two unconnected regions, from a chief city after which his kingdom is called. Charibert received Neustria (the region between the Somme and the Loire), Aquitaine, and Novempopulana with Paris as his capital. His chief cities were Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Limoges, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Cahors, and Albi. Guntram received Burgundy, then Sigebert received Austrasia (including Rheims) with his capital at Metz, and the youngest brother Chilperic received a compact kingdom with Soissons as its capital.

Charibert and his wife Ingoberga had a daughter, Bertha (539–c. 612). Charibert also had several concubines. By Merofleda, a wool-carder's daughter, and her sister Marcovefa, he had daughters: Berteflede (a nun in Tours) and Clothilde (a nun in St. Croix, Poitiers). By Theodogilda (or Theudechild), a cowherd's daughter; Charibert had his only son, who died in infancy. This behavior resulted in his excommunication, the first ever of a Merovingian king.

Charibert was scarcely more than king at Paris when he married his daughter Bertha to Ethelbert, the pagan King of Kent. She took with her Bishop Liudhard as her private confessor. Her influence in the Kentish court was instrumental in the success of St. Augustine of Canterbury's mission in 597.

Though Charibert was eloquent and learned in the law, he was one of the most dissolute of the early Merovingians. He was excommunicated, and his early death in 567 was brought on by his excesses. He was buried in Blavia castellum, a military fort in the Tractatus Armoricani. At his death his brothers divided his realm between them, agreeing at first to hold Paris in common. His surviving queen (out of four), Theudechild, proposed a marriage with Guntram, though a council held at Paris in 557 had outlawed such matches as incestuous. Guntram decided to house her more safely, though unwillingly, in a nunnery at Arles.

The main source for Charibert's life is Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks (Book IV, 3,16,22,26 and IX, 26), and from the English perspective Bede's Ecclesiastic History of the English People.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charibert -------------------- Charibert I (c. 517–November or December 567) was the Merovingian King of Paris, the second-eldest son of Chlothar I and Ingund. His elder brother was Gunthar, who died sometime before their father's death.

In 556, Chlothar sent Charibert and his next youngest brother Guntram against their younger brother Chramn. who was in revolt. Chramn was hiding out on Black Mountain in the Limousin. Negotiations failed and the two armies prepared for battle. A thunderstorm prevented any engagement and Chramn set forged letters to his brothers, falsely reporting their father's death. Charibert and Guntram immediately returned to Burgundy to secure their positions.

On Chlothar's actual death in 561, the Frankish kingdom was divided between his sons in a new configuration. Each son ruled a distinct realm, which was not necessarily geographically coherent but could contain two unconnected regions, from a chief city after which his kingdom is called. Charibert received Neustria (the region between the Somme and the Loire), Aquitaine, and Novempopulana with Paris as his capital. His chief cities were Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Limoges, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Cahors, and Albi. Guntram received Burgundy, then Sigebert received Austrasia (including Rheims) with his capital at Metz, and the youngest brother Chilperic received a compact kingdom with Soissons as its capital.

Charibert and his wife Ingoberga had a daughter, Bertha (539–c. 612). Charibert also had several wives. By Merofleda, a wool-carder's daughter, and her sister Marcovefa, he had daughters: Berteflede (a nun in Tours) and Clothilde (a nun in St. Croix, Poitiers). By Theodogilda (or Theudechild), a cowherd's daughter; Charibert had his only son, who died in infancy. This behavior resulted in his excommunication, the first ever of a Merovingian king.

Charibert was scarcely more than king at Paris when he married his daughter Bertha to Ethelbert, the pagan King of Kent. She took with her Bishop Liudhard as her private confessor. Her influence in the Kentish court was instrumental in the success of St. Augustine of Canterbury's mission in 597.

Though Charibert was eloquent and learned in the law, he was one of the most dissolute of the early Merovingians. He was excommunicated, and his early death in 567 was brought on by his excesses. He was buried in Blavia castellum, a military fort in the Tractatus Armoricani. At his death his brothers divided his realm between them, agreeing at first to hold Paris in common. His surviving queen (out of four), Theudechild, proposed a marriage with Guntram, though a council held at Paris in 557 had outlawed such matches as incestuous. Guntram decided to house her more safely, though unwillingly, in a nunnery at Arles.

The main source for Charibert's life is Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks (Book IV, 3,16,22,26 and IX, 26), and from the English perspective Bede's Ecclesiastic History of the English People. [edit] Sources Search Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Charibert I

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1. [S58] E. B. Fryde, D. E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, editors, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition (London, U.K.: Royal Historical Society, 1986), page 12. Hereinafter cited as Handbook of British Chronology.

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Forrás / Source: http://www.thepeerage.com/p16814.htm#i168134 -------------------- Charibert I From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charibert I (c. 517–November or December 567) was the Merovingian King of Paris, the second-eldest son of Chlothar I and Ingund. His elder brother was Gunthar, who died sometime before their father's death. In 556, Chlothar sent Charibert and his next youngest brother Guntram against their younger brother Chramn. who was in revolt. Chramn was hiding out on Black Mountain in the Limousin. Negotiations failed and the two armies prepared for battle. A thunderstorm prevented any engagement and Chramn set forged letters to his brothers, falsely reporting their father's death. Charibert and Guntram immediately returned to Burgundy to secure their positions. On Chlothar's actual death in 561, the Frankish kingdom was divided between his sons in a new configuration. Each son ruled a distinct realm, which was not necessarily geographically coherent but could contain two unconnected regions, from a chief city after which his kingdom is called. Charibert received Neustria (the region between the Somme and the Loire), Aquitaine, and Novempopulana with Paris as his capital. His chief cities were Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Limoges, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Cahors, and Albi. Guntram received Burgundy, then Sigebert received Austrasia (including Rheims) with his capital at Metz, and the youngest brother Chilperic received a compact kingdom with Soissons as its capital. Charibert and his wife Ingoberga had a daughter, Bertha (539–c. 612). Charibert also had several concubines. By Merofleda, a wool-carder's daughter, and her sister Marcovefa, he had daughters: Berteflede (a nun in Tours) and Clothilde (a nun in St. Croix, Poitiers). By Theodogilda (or Theudechild), a cowherd's daughter; Charibert had his only son, who died in infancy. This behavior resulted in his excommunication, the first ever of a Merovingian king. Charibert was scarcely more than king at Paris when he married his daughter Bertha to Ethelbert, the pagan King of Kent. She took with her Bishop Liudhard as her private confessor. Her influence in the Kentish court was instrumental in the success of St. Augustine of Canterbury's mission in 597. Though Charibert was eloquent and learned in the law, he was one of the most dissolute of the early Merovingians. He was excommunicated, and his early death in 567 was brought on by his excesses. He was buried in Blavia castellum, a military fort in the Tractatus Armoricani. At his death his brothers divided his realm between them, agreeing at first to hold Paris in common. His surviving queen (out of four), Theudechild, proposed a marriage with Guntram, though a council held at Paris in 557 had outlawed such matches as incestuous. Guntram decided to house her more safely, though unwillingly, in a nunnery at Arles. The main source for Charibert's life is Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks (Book IV, 3,16,22,26 and IX, 26), and from the English perspective Bede's Ecclesiastic History of the English People.

Forrás / Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charibert_I -------------------- Född: mellan 520 och 525 Frankrike -------------------- Charibert I king of the Franks

died 567, Paris

Main Merovingian king of the Franks, the eldest son of Chlotar I and Ingund. He shared in the partition of the Frankish kingdom that followed his father’s death in 561, receiving the old kingdom of Childebert I, with its capital at Paris. Eloquent and learned in the law, he was yet loose-living and died excommunicate. At his death his brothers Guntram, Sigebert I, and Chilperic I shared his realm between them; a tripartite division of the lands north of the Loire thenceforth remained normal, the areas concerned being the east (Austrasia), the west (the future Neustria), and Burgundy. His daughter Bertha married King Aethelberht of Kent.

Related Links Aspects of this topic are discussed in the following places at Britannica.

Assorted References history of Gaul ( in France: The grandsons of Clovis ) ...agreement was based on that of 511 but dealt with more extensive territories. Guntram received the eastern part of the former kingdom of Orléans, enlarged by the addition of Burgundy. Charibert I’s share was fashioned from the old kingdom of Paris (Seine and English Channel districts), augmented in the south by the western section of the old kingdom of Orléans (lower Loire...

Sigebert I ( in Sigebert I ) ...four sons; Sigebert became king of the northeastern portion, known as Austrasia, as well as of portions of Aquitaine and Provence, to which he added further territory on the death of his brother, Charibert I, in 567 or 568. Incursions by the Avars, a fierce nomadic tribe, compelled him twice to repel their attacks (562 and c. 568). About 566 he married Brunhild, daughter of the...

Charibert I (c. 517–November or December 567) was the Merovingian King of Paris, the second-eldest son of Chlothar I and Ingund. His elder brother was Gunthar, who died sometime before their father's death.

In 556, Chlothar sent Charibert and his next youngest brother Guntram against their younger brother Chramn. who was in revolt. Chramn was hiding out on Black Mountain in the Limousin. Negotiations failed and the two armies prepared for battle. A thunderstorm prevented any engagement and Chramn set forged letters to his brothers, falsely reporting their father's death. Charibert and Guntram immediately returned to Burgundy to secure their positions.

On Chlothar's actual death in 561, the Frankish kingdom was divided between his sons in a new configuration. Each son ruled a distinct realm, which was not necessarily geographically coherent but could contain two unconnected regions, from a chief city after which his kingdom is called. Charibert received Neustria (the region between the Somme and the Loire), Aquitaine, and Novempopulana with Paris as his capital. His chief cities were Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Limoges, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Cahors, and Albi. Guntram received Burgundy, then Sigebert received Austrasia (including Rheims) with his capital at Metz, and the youngest brother Chilperic received a compact kingdom with Soissons as its capital.

Charibert and his wife Ingoberga had a daughter, Bertha (539–c. 612). Charibert also had several concubines. By Merofleda, a wool-carder's daughter, and her sister Marcovefa, he had daughters: Berteflede (a nun in Tours) and Clothilde (a nun in St. Croix, Poitiers). By Theodogilda (or Theudechild), a cowherd's daughter; Charibert had his only son, who died in infancy. This behavior resulted in his excommunication, the first ever of a Merovingian king.

Charibert was scarcely more than king at Paris when he married his daughter Bertha to Ethelbert, the pagan King of Kent. She took with her Bishop Liudhard as her private confessor. Her influence in the Kentish court was instrumental in the success of St. Augustine of Canterbury's mission in 597.

Though Charibert was eloquent and learned in the law, he was one of the most dissolute of the early Merovingians. He was excommunicated, and his early death in 567 was brought on by his excesses. He was buried in Blavia castellum, a military fort in the Tractatus Armoricani. At his death his brothers divided his realm between them, agreeing at first to hold Paris in common. His surviving queen (out of four), Theudechild, proposed a marriage with Guntram, though a council held at Paris in 557 had outlawed such matches as incestuous. Guntram decided to house her more safely, though unwillingly, in a nunnery at Arles.

The main source for Charibert's life is Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks (Book IV, 3,16,22,26 and IX, 26), and from the English perspective Bede's Ecclesiastic History of the English People. -------------------- Wikipedia:

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Rei merovingio de Paris (561-567) nascido em Soissons, que herdou o reino de Paris por causa da morte de seu irmão mais velho, Gunthar, ter morrido logo após a morte do pai. Com a morte do rei Clotário I, ocorreu uma nova divisão territorial (561): Austrásia, Burgúndia, Nêustria e Paris, distribuídas entre seus filhos: Sigeberto recebeu a Austrásia, incluindo Rheims, mas com capital em Metz; Chilperico recebeu a Nêustria com capital em Soissons; e Guntram recebeu a Burgúndia, com capital em Orleãs. Segundo filho de Clotário I, Rei dos Francos, e de Ingonte, e assumiu também o reino de Paris (561) compreendido no território entre Somme e Loire e boa parte da Aquitânia, com Paris como capital, e ainda tendo como importantes cidades Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Limoges, Bordeaux e Toulouse. Era um grande conhecedor e advogado das leis e dado à extravagâncias. Organizou um casamento entre sua filha Berta e o rei pagão de Kent, Ethelbert, visando vantagens políticas, mas que resultaria em um acontecimento importante para a conversão futura dos reis anglo-saxões. Também viveu marital e paralelamente com Ingeberge/Ingoberga, Méroflède/Merofleda, Marcovèfe/Marcobefa e Théodechilde/Theodogilda. Morreu em Paris e foi enterrado na Abadia de Saint-Vincent, depois Saint-Germain-des-Prés, nos arredores da hoje capital francesa. Como não tinha descendentes homens vivos, após sua morte seus irmãos sobreviventes, Guntram, Sigeberto I e Chilperico I concordaram em administrar conjuntamente o reino de Paris. Figura copiada do site MEROVINGI/TEMPLARI:

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Cariberto I (ca. 517 — Novembro ou Dezembro de 567) foi rei franco de Paris, da dinastia merovíngia, o segundo mais velho dos filhos de Clotário I e Ingunda. Seu irmão mais velho era Gontário, que morreu antes do pai. Com a morte de Clotário em 561, o seu reino foi dividido entre seus filhos numa nova configuração. Cariberto recebeu como reino a região entre os rios Somme e Loire, com Paris como sua capital; Ruão e Tours, com a Aquitânia e a Novempopulânia ao sul, com as cidades de Poitiers, Limoges, Bordéus, Tolosa, Cahors e Albi. Seu irmão Guntram recebeu a Borgonha; o outro irmão, Sigeberto, recebeu a Austrásia (inclusive Reims) tendo como capital Metz (a região compreendia aproximadamente o reino de Teodebaldo, sobrinho-neto de Clotário); o mais jovem dos irmãos, Chilperico recebeu Soissons.

Apesar da eleição de bispos nos territórios merovíngios fossem sujeitas a manipulação e veto pelo rei, uma vez consagrados, os bispos detinham o controle dentro das cidades, embora não firmemente em todas como em Tours, onde o bispo Gregório, invocando a ira de Saint Martin, era capaz de retirar uma promessa de coroação jurada por Cariberto: que ele não afligiria o povo com novas leis e costumes, mas manteria apenas aquelas sob as quais ele havia previamente vivido na época de seu pai, com a promessa que não imporia sobre o povo qualquer nova lei que resultasse em perdas para o povo.

Além de sua esposa, Ingoberga, com quem ele teve uma filha, Bertha (ou Aldeberge) (539 - c. 612), ele teve uniões com Merofleda (com quem teve Clothilde que tornou-se religiosa contra seu gosto em Sainte-Croix de Poitiers e em 589, encabeçou uma revolta contra sua abadessa), filha de um cardador de lã, e com sua irmã (precipitando sua excomunhão, a primeira de um rei merovíngio); com Teodogilda, filha de um criador de vacas. Cariberto já quase não era rei de Paris quando ele casou sua filha Bertha com Etelberto, o rei pagão de Kent, que provavelmente chegou ao trono por volta de 590. Ela tomou o bispo Liudhard como seu confessor privado. De acordo com Beda, a supremacia de Etelberto em 597 se estendia sobre todos os pequenos reinos ingleses até o estuário Humber; sendo isso um exagero ou não, era de qualquer modo sufuciente para garantir a segurança de Agostinho de Cantuária quando em 597 sua missão aportou na ilha de Thanet. A missão cristã foi recebida inicialmente com alguma hesitação pelo rei, que deu a Agostinho uma residência em Cantebury, e a conversão cristã, primeiro de Kent, depois dos outros reinos anglo-saxões, graças à filha de Cariberto.

Apesar de Cariberto ser convincente e instruído na lei, ele era um dos mais libertinos dos reis merovíngios, e morreu precocemente em 567, sob banimento por excomunhão, causado por seus excessos. Foi sepultado na abadia de São Vicente (depois Saint-Germain-des-Prés), então fora dos muros de Paris. Com sua morte seus irmãos Guntram, Sigeberto I e Chilperico I dividiram seu reino, concordando em manter Paris como cidade comum. Sua rainha sobrevivente, Teodechilda, propôs casar-se com Guntram, apesar de um conselho criado em Paris recentemente em 557 ter declarado tal tradição como incestuosa. Guntram decidiu hospedá-la com mais segurança, embora contra sua vontade, em um convento em Arles.

A principal fonte da vida de Cariberto é a Historia Francorum de Gregório de Tours e a perspectiva inglesa de Beda Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (História Eclesiástica do Povo Inglês).