Chlothsind [1] (fl. 560s) was a Frankish princess and the queen consort of the Lombard king Alboin. Her name may also be spelled Chlothsinda, [2] Chlodosinda, [2] Chlodosind, [3] Chlodoswintha [4] or Chlodosuinth. [5]
Chlothsind was a daughter of the Frankish king Chlothar I and queen Ingund. She became the first wife of the Lombard king Alboin while the Lombards were still settled in Pannonia. [3] According to Paul the Deacon, they had one child, Albsuinda. [2] [6] This marriage is also recorded in Gregory of Tours and the Origo gentis Langobardorum. [2]
Bishop Nicetius of Trier addressed a letter to Chothsind. [7] It was dispatched with returning Lombard ambassadors, but its date is unclear. [3] It is usually dated to before 568, probably between 561 and 567. [5] Nicetius expressed hope that she could induce her husband to convert to Catholicism rather than Arianism, just as her grandmother Chlothild helped convert Clovis I, Chlothar's father. [4] [3]
Chlothsind died not long after the Lombards began to settle in Italy in 568. [3] After her death, Alboin married Rosimunda. [2]