Customs and inheritance Chlothar's father, Clovis I, had converted to Nicene Christianity, but Chlothar, like other Merovingians, did not consider that the Christian doctrine of monogamy should be expected of royalty: he had five wives, more from political expediency, for the purpose of forming alliances, than for personal motives. Although at the instigation of his queens he gave money for several new ecclesiastical edifices, he was a less than enthusiastic Christian and succeeded in introducing taxes on ecclesiastical property.
Customs and inheritance Chlothar's father, Clovis I, had converted to Nicen,e Christianity, but! Chlothar, like other Merovingians, did not consider that the Christian doctrine of monogamy should be expected of roy!alty: he had five wives, more from political expediency, for the purpose of forming alliances, than for personal moti.ves. Although at the instigation of his queens he gave money for several new ecclesiastical edifices, he was a less than enthusiastic Christian and succeeded in introducing taxes on ecclesiastical property.