Gundobad, Patrician of Rome (472-473) also became King of the Burgundians (473-516), after his father, though he had to fight off three brothers to seize his title. This is an article about the privileged class in ancient Rome. ... The Burgundians or Burgundes were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose old form in Old Norse still was Burgundarholmr (the Island of the Burgundians), and from here to mainland Europe. ...

When the former Patrician, Ricimer, who had been controlling the Empire, hidden behind the throne, died in 472, Gundobad, his own nephew seized the title. With his new power he elevated the current Count of the Domestics, Glycerius, to the Imperial throne. Gundobad, however left office in 473, as his father, Gundioc, had died and he had inherited Burgundy along with his three brothers; Godegisel, Chilperic and Godomar. Ricimer (born about 405, died August 18, 472) was master of the Roman Empire in the West during part of the fifth century. ... Glycerius (c. ...

But Gundobad was not content with his fractured portion of Burgundy, and turned against his brothers with hope of control over all the land.

In 486 he killed Gundomar, through little is known of this encounter.

In 493 he turned his sword against Chilperic, and drowned his wife. Gundobad exiled his two daughters, one becoming a nun. The other, Clotilde, was found by the men of Clovis I, King of the Franks, who sent word to Gundobad, asking Clotilde's hand in marriage. Gundobad was too afraid to decline. Saint Clotilde (475 - 545 in Tours), also spelled as Clotild, Clothilde, or Chlothilde, was the daughter of Burgundian king Chilperic, the niece of the Roman general Gundobad, and the wife of Clovis I. She contributed to her husbands conversion to Roman christianity. ... Non-contemporary coin with obverse legend Clovis Roy de France Clovis I (or Chlodowech or Chlodwig, modern French Louis, modern German Ludwig) (c. ... The Franks were one of several west Germanic tribes who entered the late Roman Empire from Frisia as foederati and established a lasting realm in an area that covers most of modern-day France and the region of Franconia in Germany, forming the historic kernel of both these two modern...

Gundobad's battle with Godegisel raged long. Unknowingly, both called upon Clovis trying to persuade him to join forces against the other. Clovis sided with Godegisel, who had offered him his pleasure of tribute and crushed Gundobad's force. Gundobad fled but King Clovis pursued him to Avignon. Gundobad feared the worst with Clovis's mighty army at the gates. But a man of wit called Aridius went from Gundobad to Clovis and charmed him into taking his advice, which was to spare Gundobad but force him into paying a yearly tribute. This article is about the city in France, for the Municipality in Quebec, see Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec. ...

Gundobad later broke his promise of tribute as he regained his power and besieged Godegisel, locked up in the city of Vienne. As famine devoured Vienne, Godegisel expelled the common people from the city for fear for himself. An outraged expelled artisan seeking vengeance on Godegisel went to Gundobad, and with his help he navigated the aqueduct and broke into the city. He murdered Godegisel in 501 in an Arian church along with the bishop. Vienne is a commune of France, located 30 km south of Lyon, on the Rhône River. ... This article is about the theological doctrine of Arius. ...

Gundobad was now sole king of Burgundy. He made peace with the Franks, converted to Christianity, and died peacefully succeeded by his son Sigismund in 516. Sigismund (died 523) was king of the Burgundians from 516 to his death. ...

Sourced from Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks Gregory of Tours (c. ...