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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...
- by a
bitter feud with the
former slave Fredegund,
mistress and
later wife of
Chilperic I of Neustria.
Fredegund is said to have
murdered or
ordered the...
- and had
taken as his
concubine a serving-woman
called Fredegund. He
accordingly dismissed Fredegund, and
married Brunhilda's sister, Galswintha. But he...
- (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...
- godparents.
Fredegund arranged the
events of the
baptism such that
Audovera unknowingly broke this taboo. On Chilperic's return,
Fredegund informed him...
-
between the two
Merovingian queens,
Brunhilda of
Austrasia and
Fredegund. In the battle,
Fredegund deploys her
inferior forces against Brunhilda using Roman...
- 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...
- the
dominant king.
Gregory of
Tours blames Fredegund, the wife of Chilperic, for the ********ination.
Fredegund, he says, had long held a
grudge against Sigibert...
- 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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Galswintha was
probably murdered at the
urging of Chilperic's
former concubine Fredegund (and then
later wife),
instigating a 40-year
civil war
within the Merovingian...
