Chlothar (Latin ''Chlotharius''; Greek ''Khlōthários'' Χλωθάριος; French ''Clotaire'') is a
Germanic given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, attested in
Old English
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as ''Hloþhere'', in
Old High German as ''Lothari'' (
Lothair,
Lothar), and reconstructed in
Frankish as *''Hlodhari''. It means "famous warrior", as a combination of the Germanic root ''hlut-'' (lauded, famous) and the word ''heri'' (army, warrior).
It can refer to the following kings of the Franks:
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Chlothar I
Chlothar I, sometime called "the Old" ( French: le Vieux), (died December 561) also anglicised as Clotaire, was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I.
Chlothar's father, Clovis I, divided the kin ...
(497–561)
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Chlothar II (584–629)
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Chlothar III (652–673)
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Chlothar IV (died 719)
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