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I'm studying King Ethelbert I of Kent at the moment and I've spotted some inconsistencies.
The date of birth for Charibert is wrong (if the Wiki page about his father is correct).
It currently reads c. 517.
Chlothar I married for the first time c. 524 & for the second time c. 532.
Charibert I was his son from his third marriage at some time after c. 532.
If the order is correct on the Chlothar I Wiki page, Charibert was the third born.
He would have been born around the late 530's or even later.
If that is correct, it also makes the birth date of c. 539 for his daughter, Bertha, wrong.
"According to Gregory of Tours, Charibert was king when he married Ingoberg, Bertha’s mother, which places that marriage no earlier than 561" - from King Ethelbert Wiki page.
Bertha would have been born in the early to mid 560's. That would tie in nicely with her husband, King Ethelbert of Kent, who is thought to have been born around 560.
That would also make "Charibert was scarcely more than king at Paris when he married his daughter Bertha to Ethelbert, the pagan King of Kent" wrong.
They would have married long after his death. That would also make sense because Ethelbert married her while his father was still King of Kent. If Charibert was still alive, she probably would have married someone who was already a king. After he's dead, she's not worth as much on the political marriage scene so a mere prince will do!
