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Sigobert the Lame (alsoSigibert orSigebert) (died c. 508 or 509) was a king of theRipuarian Franks in the area ofZülpich (Latin:Tolbiac) andCologne.

His father's name was "Childebert".^[1] He was presumably wounded in the knee at theBattle of Tolbiac against theAlamanni.^[2] He supportedClovis I again, against theVisigoths at theBattle of Vouillé in the spring of 507.^[3]

Despite his having lent assistance to Clovis on two previous occasions, according toGregory of Tours, Sigobert was murdered by his sonChlodoric upon the instigation ofClovis I,^[4] when his son sent assassins upon him as he took a sojourn from his kingdom in a forest near Fulda.^[3] Chlodorich then told Clovis of the murder and offered him the finest treasures of his newly inherited kingdom as a symbol of their new alliance.

Clovis sent messengers to assess the treasure, who then asked Chlodoric to plunge his hand as deeply into his gold coins as possible. With his arm submerged, the envoys of Clovis then killed the new king in betrayal. Clovis then stood before the people of Chlodoric and professing horror at the murder of Sigebert, told them that the son had sent assassins to murder his father, but that Chlodoric had subsequently met his own end as well. Clovis then offered his protection to the former subjects of Sigobert and Chlodoric, and thus became their king.^[2]

Gregory suggests that Chlodoric was murdered in the same campaign that killed the Frankish KingChararic. Before, Clovis had killedRagnachar and his brothers.^[2]

After all these murders, Gregory tells us that Clovis lamented that he had no family left, implying that among his own casualties were close relatives. He said this not out of grief or remorse, but so that any other relatives might identify themselves, and so be marked for death.^[3]

• Gregory of Tours.The History of the Franks. 2 vol. trans.O. M. Dalton. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967.

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