The Starr Family of America

Notes
After her uncle, Gundobad, murdered her parents, Gundobad had Clotildaput in a Geneva convent. As a result, Clotilda developed a passion forthe destruction of the royal house of Burgundy. While in the convent, amessenger disguised as a beggar came to her from CLOVIS, king of theFranks, with a marriage proposal. In the words of Christopher Cope in hisbook, The Lost Kingdom of Burgundy" : "Clotilda accepted joyfully andcontrived a romantic and hazardous escape from Geneva. She eludedGundobad's persuers by abandoning the coach which carried her baggage andjumping on a horse. When the Burgundian troops overtook the coach she wasalready safely over the border at Bar-sur-Seine riding toward her royalfiance. The sons she gave CLOVIS learnt from their implacable mother thatfilial duty required them to avenge her parents, invade Burgundy, andcrush their cousins." This was accomplished at Autun in 534.
Called "Saint Clotilda", she is credited with converting her husband,CLOVIS, and thus the Franks, to Christianity.
Settipani's "La prehistoire des Capetiens" notes that "Clotilda" isactually a mispelling of her true name, CHROTECHILD.