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Fredegund or
Fredegunda (Latin: Fredegundis; French: Frédégonde; died 8
December 597) was the
queen consort of Chilperic I, the
Merovingian Frankish king...
- (613–629) and
Austrasia (613–623). The son of
Chilperic I and his
third wife,
Fredegund, he
started his
reign as an
infant under the
regency of his mother, who...
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until Fredegund's death in 597.
Fredegund had Brunhilda's
husband murdered and
Brunhilda imprisoned for a period. This feud was
continued by
Fredegund's son...
- and had
taken as his
concubine a serving-woman
called Fredegund. He
accordingly dismissed Fredegund, and
married Brunhilda's sister, Galswintha. But he...
- godparents.
Fredegund arranged the
events of the
baptism such that
Audovera unknowingly broke this taboo. On Chilperic's return,
Fredegund informed him...
- king
Sigebert I, and
Fredegund, who was
married to Sigebert's
brother Chilperic I.
Frankish historian Gregory of
Tours blames Fredegund for Sigebert's murder...
- soon
tired of her and had her
murdered in
order to
marry his
mistress Fredegund.
Probably spurred by his wife Brunhilda's
anger at her sister's murder...
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dominant king.
Gregory of
Tours blames Fredegund, the wife of King Chilperic, for this ********ination.
Fredegund has long held a
grudge against King Sigibert...
-
Fredegund ordering the
mutilation of Olericus...
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least five
Frankish queens during that
period were
former slaves: Ingund,
Fredegund, Bilichild, Nanthild, and Balthild.
Slavery continued under the Carolingian...
