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Fredegund Des Francs



Family 1: Chilperic I,    b. 534 in Soissons, Francia    d. 27 SEP 584 in Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, Francia
  1. Chlothar II, b. 31 de mayo de 0584 in Paris, Île-de-France, France     d. 24 de octubre de 0629 in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France
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  1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: GALSWINTHA (-murdered [567])
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/VANDALS,%20SUEVI,%20VISIGOTHS.htm#_ftnref181;
    Note: GALSWINTHA (-murdered [567]). Gregory of Tours records the marriage of King Chilperic and Galswintha, older daughter of King Atanagildo, after the marriage of King Sigebert to her younger sister, specifying that she converted from Arianism to Catholicism and came to France with a large dowry, but never stopped complaining about the insults she had to endure to the king who eventually had her garrotted by one of his servants. Herimannus names "Geisluindam, sororem Brunæ [filiam Athanagildi regis Gothorum]" as wife of "Hilpericus frater Sigibertus rex," recording that she was strangled by her husband's concubine "Fridegundis." m (564) as his second wife, CHILPERIC I King of the Franks, son of CLOTAIRE I [Chlothachar] King of the Franks & his fourth wife Arnegundis (before 535-murdered Chelles [27 Sep/9 Oct] 584, bur Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés).
  2. Title: Find a Grave: Fredegonde
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21075/fredegonde;
    Note: Fredegonde BIRTH 550 DEATH 597 (aged 46–47) BURIAL Saint Denis Basilique Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France MEMORIAL ID 21075 Frankish Queen. Also known as Fredegund. Born a servant, she served at court where she caught the eye of the king. King Chilperic repudiated his first wife, Audovera, and took Fredegund as his concubine. He married his sister-in-law, Galswintha, however, a Visigoth princess c. 568. At Fredegund’s instigation, Chilperic strangled his wife after only about a year of marriage. Days after the murder, Chilperic married Fredegund. The late queen’s sister, Brunhilde who was married to Chilperic’s half brother Sigebert, so hated Fredegund for her role in the death of her sister and the hatred was so fiercely reciprocated, that the two queens instigated a forty year war between their husbands who ruled the east and west Franks respectively. Sigebert defeated Chilperic and conquered most of his kingdom. But Sigebert's victory was brief, just when he had been declared king by Chilperic's subjects, he was murdered by assassins working for Fredegund in 575 and Chilperic retrieved his position. Fredegund also either killed or attempted to kill Guntram, her brother-in-law, king of Burgundy; Childebert II, Sigebert's son; her stepchildren; two bishops; her son Samson; her daughter Rigunth; and Queen Brunhilde. After Chilperic was stabbed to death in September of 584 at Île-de-France, Fredegund took their newborn son, Chlotar II, seized the treasury and took refuge in the cathedral at Paris. Chlotar was proclaimed heir, and Fredegund ruled as his regent. Her reign was marked by war with rival parties for the throne and numerous murders. She finally won the throne for Chlotar against Brunhilde in 597, only to die shortly after. Bio by: Iola Family Members Spouse Photo Chilperic de Neustria unknown–584 Children Photo Chlothar II King Of The Franks 584–629
  3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Fredegond The Slave - Regent: 0584; Paris, France
    Author: Kingdom's of Europe, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ruling Monarchs From Ancient Times to the Present, Gene Gurney, Crown Publishers, New York. 1982, Page number: Gurney page 57.
    Note: Regent: 0584; Paris, France Assassinated: 0575; Assassinated: 0575;
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222924
  4. Title: Wikiwand: Galswintha
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Galswintha;
    Note: Galswintha (540–568) was a queen consort of Neustria. She was the daughter of Athanagild, Visigothic king of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal), and Goiswintha. Galswintha was the sister of Brunhilda, Queen of Austrasia; and the wife of Chilperic I, the Merovingian king of Neustria. Galswintha was likely murdered at the urging of Chilperic's former wife, Fredegund, instigating a 40 year civil war within the Merovingian kingdom.
  5. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEROVINGIANS.htm;
    Note: Chilperic I.... ...m thirdly (568) FREDEGONDE, daughter of --- (-597, bur Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés). Gregory of Tours records that King Chilperich married Frédégonde before his marriage to Galswintha, specifying that a great quarrel ensued between the two of them[324]. It is assumed that this indicates that Frédégonde was the king's mistress before his second marriage. She plotted actively in favour of her sons at the expense of her husband's children by his first marriage. It is likely that she ordered the murder of her brother-in-law King Sigebert I. According to the 8th century source, Liber Historiae Francorum, she murdered her husband after he discovered that she was having an affair[325]. She was regent for her son King Clotaire II after his succession in 584. Fredegar records that Frédégonde died "in the second year of the reign of Theodebert"[326]. I... King Chilperich II & his third wife had six children: 6. RIGUNDIS ([569]-). Gregory of Tours names "Princess Rigunth" when recounting that she sympathised when Gregory was accused of treachery by her mother[342]. Gregory names Rigunth as daughter of King Chilperich when recording her betrothal to Recared, son of King Leuvigild, and her voyage to Spain with a large retinue[343]. On learning of the death of her father, she was abandoned before returning to her mother's palace where she led a life of debauchery[344]. Betrothed (early 584) to RECAREDO of the Visigoths, son of LEOVIGILDO King of the Visigoths & his first wife Theodosia --- (-Toledo mid-Jun or Dec 601). He was elected to succeed his father in 586 as RECAREDO King of the Visigoths. 7. CHLODEBERT (-Soissons St Médard 580, bur Soissons St Crispin and St Crispinian). Gregory of Tours names Chlodebert as the son of Chilperich & Frédégonde when recording his death in the church of St Médard, Soissons and his burial "in the church of the holy martyrs Crispin and Crispinian"[345], the context of the passage dating the event to 580. 8. SAMSON (573-late 577). Gregory of Tours names Samson as the younger son of Chilperich & Fredegund when recording his death after having a high temperature and diarrhoea "before completing his fifth year"[346], the context of the passage dating the event to late 577. 9. DAGOBERT ([579/80]-580, bur Saint-Denis). Gregory of Tours refers to (but does not name) a younger son of Chilperich & Fredegund when recording his hurried baptism while dying and his burial in Paris Saint-Denis[347], the context of the passage dating the event to 580. Fortunatus, dated to the late 6th century, wrote an epitaph to “Dagoberto…puerilis obis”, naming "Chlodovechi…proavi…Chilpericque patris, vel Fredegunde genus"[348]. 10. THEODERICH ([582/83], chr Paris 18 Apr 583-early 584, bur Paris). Gregory of Tours records the birth of a son to King Chilperich and his baptism at Easter with the name Theoderich by Ragnemod Bishop of Paris[349], dated from the context to [582/83]. Gregory records his death from dysentery a year after his baptism and his burial in Paris[350]. 11. CHLOTHACHAR [Clotaire] (Spring 584-[18] Oct 629, bur Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés). Gregory of Tours records the birth of a son to King Chilperich[351], dated to early 584 from the context, although in a later passage in which he names him Clotaire he records that he was four months old when his father died[352]. He succeeded his father in 584 as CLOTAIRE II King of the Franks, under the regency of his mother Queen Frédégonde.
  6. Title: Wikiwand: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Saint-Germain-des-Pr%C3%A9s;
    Note: Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the "rue de Seine" and "rue Mazarine" on the east, and the "rue du Four" on the south. Residents of the quarter are known as "Germanopratins." The quarter has several famous cafés, including Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore, le Procope, and the Brasserie Lipp, and a large number of bookstores and publishing houses. In the 1940s and 1950s, it was the centre of the existentialist movement (associated with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir). It is also home to the École des Beaux-Arts, the famed school of fine arts, and the Musée national Eugène Delacroix, in the former apartment and studio of painter Eugène Delacroix. History The Middle Ages Until the 17th century the land where the quarter is located was prone to flooding from the Seine, and little building took place there; it was largely open fields, or Prés, which gave the quarter its name. The Benedictine abbey in the center of the quarter was founded in the 6th century by the son of Clovis I, Childebert I (ruled 511–558). In 542, while making war in Spain, Childebert raised his siege of Zaragoza when he heard that the inhabitants had placed themselves under the protection of the martyr Saint Vincent. In gratitude the bishop of Zaragoza presented him with the saint's stole. When Childebert returned to Paris, he caused a church to be erected to house the relic, dedicated to the Holy Cross and Saint Vincent, placed where he could see it across the fields from the royal palace on the Île de la Cité. In 558, St. Vincent's church was completed and dedicated by Germain, Bishop of Paris on 23 December; on the same day, Childebert died. Close by the church a monastery was erected. The Abbey church became the burial place of the dynasty of Merovingian Kings. Its abbots had both spiritual and temporal jurisdiction over the residents of Saint-Germain (which they kept until the 17th century). Since the monastery had a rich treasury and was outside the city walls, it was plundered and set on fire by the Normans in the ninth century. It was rebuilt in 1014 and rededicated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III to Bishop Germain, who had been canonized. The church and buildings of the Abbey were rebuilt in stone c. 1000 AD, and the Abbey developed into a major center of scholarship and learning. A village grew up around the Abbey, which had about six hundred inhabitants by the 12th century. The modern "rue du Four" is the site of the old ovens of the monastery, and the dining hall was located along the modern rue de l'Abbaye. A parish church, the church of Saint-Pierre, also was built on the left bank, at the site of the present Ukrainian catholic church; its parish covered most of the modern 6th and 7th arrondissements. The fortifications of King Philip Augustus (1358–1383), the first built around the entire city, left Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés just outside the walls. The Saint-Germain Fair Beginning in the Middle Ages, Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés was not only a religious and cultural center, but also an important marketplace, thanks to its annual fair, which attracted merchants and vendors from all over Europe. The Foire Saint-Germain was already famous in 1176, when it allocated half of its profits to the King. The fair opened fifteen days after Easter, and lasted for three weeks. The dates and the sites varied over the years; beginning in 1482 it opened in 1 October and lasted eight days; in other years it opened 11 November or 2 February. Beginning in 1486, it was held in a portion of the gardens of the Hôtel de Navarre, close to the modern "rue Mabillon." There were three hundred forty stalls at the fair of 1483; Special buildings were erected for the fair in 1512, which contained 516 stalls. The fair was also famous for the gambling, debauchery, and the riots that ensued when groups of rowdy students from the nearby university invaded the fair. The buildings burned on the night of 17–18 March 1762, but were quickly rebuilt. The fair continued annually until the Revolution in 1789, when it was closed down permanently. The Renaissance At the end of the 16th century, Margaret of Valois (1553–1615) the estranged wife of King Henry IV of France but still officially Queen of France, decided to build a residence in the quarter, in lands belonging to the Abbey near the Seine just west of the modern "rue de Seine," near the present Institut de France. She built a palace with extensive gardens and established herself as a patroness of literature and the arts, until her death in 1615. 17th–18th centuries: theatre and the first cafés In 1673 the most famous theatrical troupe in the city, the Comédie-Française, was expelled from its building on "rue Saint‑Honoré" and moved to left bank, to the passage de Pont-Neuf (the present-day "rue Jacques‑Callot), just outside the Saint‑Germain quarter. Its presence displeased the authorities of the neighboring Collége des Quatres-Nations (the present Institut de France) and in 1689 they moved again, this time to the "rue des Fossés des Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés" (the modern "rue de l'Ancienne‑Comédie"), where they remained until 1770. The poor condition of the theater roof forced them to move in that year to the right bank, to the Hall of machines of the Tuileries Palace, which was much too large for them. In 1797 they moved back to the Left Bank, to the modern Odéon Theatre. The first café in Paris appeared in 1672 at the Saint-Germain Fair, served by an Armenian named Pascal. When the fair ended he opened a more permanent establishment on the quai de l'Ecole, where he served coffee for two sous and six deniers per cup. It was considered more of a form of medication than a beverage to be enjoyed, and it had a limited clientele. He left for London, and another Armenian named Maliban opened a new café on the rue de Buci, where he also sold tobacco and pipes. His café also had little commercial success, and he left for Holland. A waiter from his café, an Armenian named Grigoire, born in Persia, took over the business and opened it on "rue Mazarine," near the new home of Comédie-Française. When the theater moved in 1689, he moved the café to the same location, on the "rue des Fossés‑Saint‑Germain." The café was then taken over by a Sicilian, Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, who had worked as a waiter for Pascal in 1672. he renamed the café Procope, and expanded its menu to include tea, chocolate, liqueurs, ice cream and configures. It became a success; the café is still in business. By 1723 there were more than three hundred eighty cafés in the city. The Café Procope particularly attracted the literary community of Paris, because many book publishers, editors and printers lived in the quarter. The writers Diderot and d'Alembert are said to have planned their massive philosophical work, the "Encyclopédie," at Procope, and at another popular literary meeting place, the Café Landelle on the "rue de Buci." The Treaty of Paris A significant event in American history took place on 3 September 1783 at the Hotel York at 56 "rue Jacob"; the signing of the Treaty of Paris between Britain and the United States, which ended the American Revolution and granted the U.S. its independence. The signing followed the American victory at the Siege of Yorktown, won with assistance of the French fleet and French army. The American delegation included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay. After the signing, they remained for a commemorative painting by the American artist Benjamin West, but the British delegates refused to pose for the painting, so the painting was never finished. The French Revolution Because of its numerous printers and publishers, Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés, and especially the Cordeliers Section of what is now the 6th arrondissement, became centers of revolutionary activity after 1789; they produced thousands of pamphlets, newspapers, and proclamations which influenced the Parisian population and that of France as a whole. The prison of the Abbey of Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés, a two-storey building near the church, was filled with persons who had been arrested for suspicion of counter-revolutionary motives: former aristocrats, priests who refused to accept the revolutionary Constitution, foreigners, and so forth. By September 1792, Paris prisons were quite full. France, under the leadership of her Paris Convention, had declared herself a republic. The former king and queen were political prisoners and were moved from the Tuileries Palace to the old Knights Templar towers on the right bank, where there was less risk of rescue or escape. France was at war; the Duke of Brunswick had just issued his menacing manifesto, stating that if the former monarchy were not restored, he would raze Paris, and his troops were only a few days away. Now these political prisoners began to be viewed as a genuine threat, should any of them be conspiring with France's enemies. In what was a planned but inhumane tactic, politicians at Paris sent bands of criminals, armed mainly with pikes and axes, into each prison. Although at least one deputy from the Convention accompanied each band, the results were horrifying. Hundreds of prisoners were cut down between the end of August and the first week in September. As Englishman Arthur Young noted, the street outside one prison literally ran red with blood. The former Cordeliers Convent, closed by the revolutionaries, became the headquarters of one of the most radical factions, whose leaders included Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins, though both would be run out by ever more extreme factions. The radical revolutionary firebrand, Swiss physician Jean-Paul Marat, lived nearby in the Cordeliers Section; a..
  7. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Note: Chilperic I... ...m secondly (564) GALSWINTHA of the Visigoths, daughter of ATANAGILDO King of the Visigoths & his wife Gosvinta --- (-murdered [567]). Gregory of Tours records the marriage of King Chilperich and Galswintha, older daughter of King Atanagildo, after the marriage of King Sigebert to her younger sister, specifying that she converted from Arianism to Catholicism and came to France with a large dowry, but never stopped complaining to the king about the insults she had to endure, her husband eventually having her garrotted by one of his servants[322]. Herimannus names "Geisluindam, sororem Brunæ [filiam Athanagildi regis Gothorum]" as wife of "Hilpericus frater Sigibertus rex", recording that she was strangled by her husband's concubine "Fridegundis"[323].
  8. Title: "The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world,...," by Edward Sylvester Ellis and Charles Francis Horne
    Author: Publication date: 1900 Topics: World history Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch Collection: cdl; americana Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive Contributor: University of California Libraries Language: English Volume: 3
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/greatestnations03elli/greatestnations03elli#page/n18/mode/1up/search/Fredegonde;
    Note: Full Title: "The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation," by Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916; Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
  9. Title: Geni: Frédégonde de Cambrai
    Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9gonde/5544231254350042383;
    Note: Frédégonde de Cambrai Spanish: Da. Frédégonde (Fredegunda) de Cambrai Gender: Female Birth: circa 543 Death: circa December 08, 597 (46-62) Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France Place of Burial: St. Denis Basilica, Paris, Ile-de-France, France Immediate Family: Wife of Chilpéric I, King of the Franks at Soissons Mother of Chlodébert de Soissons; Samson de Soissons, died young; Dagobert de Soissons; Theuderic de Soissons, died young; Rigundis and 1 other Added by: Karla Kay Christian on May 9, 2007 Managed by: Margaret (C) and 187 others Curated by: Jason Scott Wills Immediate Family Showing 12 of 13 people Chilpéric I, King of the Franks... husband Chlodébert de Soissons son Samson de Soissons, died young son Dagobert de Soissons son Theuderic de Soissons, died young son Rigundis daughter Chlothar II the Young, King of t... son Mérovech de Soissons stepson Clovis de Soissons stepson Basina de Soissons, Nun stepdaughter Childesinta von Franken stepdaughter Richilde de Francie stepdaughter
  10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Miss. Miss. Godeswint - Church record: birth: about 0533; Spain
    Note: Church record: birth: about 0533; Spain
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245522560
  11. Title: Wikiwand: Fredegund
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Fredegund;
    Note: Fredegund or Fredegunda (Latin: Fredegundis; French: Frédégonde; died 8 December 597) was the Queen consort of Chilperic I, the Merovingian Frankish king of Soissons. She served as regent during the minority of her son Chlothar II from 584 until 597. Fredegund has traditionally been given a very bad reputation, foremost by the accounts of Gregory of Tours, who depicts her as ruthlessly murderous and sadistically cruel, and she is known for the many cruel stories about her, particularly for her long going feud with queen Brunhilda of Austrasia. Queen Fredegund was born into a low-ranking family but gained power through her association with King Chilperic. Originally a servant of Chilperic's first wife Audovera, Fredegund won Chilperic's affection and persuaded him to put Audovera in a convent and divorce her. Gregory of Tours remarks that Fredegund brought with her a handsome dowry, incurring the immediate affection of King Chilperic. Chilperic put Fredegund aside and married Galswintha. Galswintha died the same year, probably strangled by Fredegund (c. 568), who succeeded Galswintha as queen. Galswintha's sister, Brunhilda, however, began a feud which lasted more than 40 years. Gregory of Tours suggests that the Queen had committed adultery. During a dinner with King Guntram, the recently widowed Fredegund rose to leave the table with the excuse that she is pregnant. The announcement surprised the King, as her son Clothar II was born only four months earlier. Gregory of Tours interprets this exchange as a result of Fredegund's unfaithfulness to her husband. In 580 AD, an epidemic of dysentery broke out in Gaul, afflicting Fredegund's husband King Chilperic and their two sons, Chlodobert and Dagobert. Believing the plague to be a result of her sins, Fredegund burned a number of tax records she feared were unjust and encouraged Chilperic to do the same. Her sons, however, did not survive the epidemic. Following their funerals, Fredegund made a large donation to churches and the poor to continue to atone for her sins. Another of Fredegund's sons, Samson, was stricken with a serious illness while the family was under siege in Tournai. According to Gregory, Fredegund feared that she would catch the disease from Samson and cast him away from her, allowing him to die. The King was offended by her actions as the child had not yet been baptized. When Samson survived longer than expected, Fredegund relented and had him baptized according to the King's wishes. Conflict with Rigunth Gregory of Tours records the bad relationship between Fredegund and her daughter Rigunth: "She was jealous of her own daughter, Rigunth, who continually declared that she should be mistress in her place. Fredegund waited her opportunity and under the pretense of magnanimity took her to the treasure-room and showed her the King's jewels in a large chest. Feigning fatigue, she exclaimed 'I am weary; put thou in thy hand, and take out what thou mayest find.' The mother thereupon forced down the lid on her neck and would have killed her had not the servants finally rushed to her aid." When Rigunth was sent off to her Visigothic fiancé in Spain Reccared, son of Liuvigild, her entourage was so laden with rich gifts that the Frankish nobles objected that the royal fisc had been depleted. Fredegund asserted that all the gifts had come out of property amassed by her husband's generosity. On the long journey, Rigunth's retainers repeatedly robbed and abandoned her, and by the time she reached Toulouse there was little left. When Chilperic died in 584 AD, Desiderius of Aquitaine went to Toulouse to secure the remaining treasure. The Neustrian ex-domesticus Leunardus travelled to the Cathedral of Paris, where the Queen was staying, to relay the news of Rigunth's capture. By Gregory's account, Fredegund was so enraged at Leunardus's message that she ordered his public humiliation in the center of the church. She had him beaten, chained, and jailed along with the cooks and bakers who accompanied him on the journey. She stopped short of killing him, however, due to his political status in the region. Regency Upon the death of Chilperic I in 584, Fredegund became regent during the minority of her infant son Chlothar II. Major attempts Fredegund is said to have ordered the assassination of Sigebert I of Austrasia in 575 and also to have made attempts on the lives of Sigebert's son Childebert II, her brother-in-law Guntram, king of Burgundy, and Brunhild. After the mysterious assassination of Chilperic in 584 AD, Fredegund seized the Kings riches and took refuge in the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral. Both she and her surviving son, Clothar II, were protected by Guntram until he died in 592. Newly widowed, Fredegund attempted to seduce the Neustrian official Eberulf but was ultimately rejected. Gregory of Tours later suspects her of orchestrating Eberulf's assassination. Persecution of Praetextatus Additionally, Gregory of Tours suggests that the persecution of the Bishop Praetextatus was largely driven by Fredegund. Following Praetextatus's return from exile, the Queen met him in church and threatened to have him exiled a second time. However, the Bishop was not concerned because he believed he would receive his reward in heaven, whereas Fredegund would be punished in hell. In 586, Fredegund ordered the assassination of Praetextatus and had one of her agents stab him during Easter Mass. The Queen later visited Praetextatus on his deathbed and offered the assistance of her physicians, which Gregory of Tours interprets as an excuse to witness the bishop's death. Praetextatus urged her to repent of her sins before finally succumbing to his wounds. Fredegund later conducted assassination plots against a number of political officials who condemned the assassination, including the Bishop of Bayeux and King Guntram. Death Fredegund died of natural causes 8 December 597 in Paris. The tomb of Frédégonde is a mosaic figure of marble and copper, situated in the Saint Denis Basilica, having come from the abbey church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Fredegund did not live to see it, but her son's execution of Brunhilda bore the mark of her conflict with Fredegund: Clothar II: Then the king ordered that she be tied by the arms and hair to the tail of a young, untamed horse, and dragged through the entire army. As soon as the king gave this order, it was carried out. The first time the man who was on the horse dug his spurs in, the horse kicked up his heels with such force that Brunhild's head flew off. Her body was dragged through the bushes and brambles, over hills and dales, so that it was torn to pieces, limb from limb.(no drawn and quartered deaths occurred before the 17th century...)
  12. Title: History of Spain - became a nation under the Hapsburgs in 1516
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spain#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20Spain%20dates%20back%20to%20the,and%20the%20current%20democratic%20constitution%20dates%20to%201978.;
  13. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: FREDEGONDE, daughter of --- (-597, bur Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés)
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEROVINGIANS.htm#_ftnref323;
    Note: m thirdly (568) FREDEGONDE, daughter of --- (-597, bur Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés). Gregory of Tours records that King Chilperich married Frédégonde before his marriage to Galswintha, specifying that a great quarrel ensued between the two of them. It is assumed that this indicates that Frédégonde was the king's mistress before his second marriage. She plotted actively in favor of her sons at the expense of her husband's children by his first marriage. It is likely that she ordered the murder of her brother-in-law King Sigebert I. According to the 8th century source, Liber Historiae Francorum, she murdered her husband after he discovered that she was having an affair. She was regent for her son King Clotaire II after his succession in 584. Fredegar records that Frédégonde died "in the second year of the reign of Theodebert."
  14. Title: Geneanet > Michel HOURMAN: Frédégonde de NEUSTRIE
    Publication: Name: https://gw.geneanet.org/hourmanmichel?lang=nl&pz=alexis+tancrede+michel+benoit+diego&nz=de+pierpont+de+riviere&ocz=0&p=fredegonde&n=de+neustrie;
    Note: Frédégonde de NEUSTRIEAfdrukken stamboomSosa : 2.491.148.157.657 (Frédégonde de CAMBRAI) Reine de Soissons en de Neustrie Geboren in 545 - Montdidier, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France Overleden 10 december 597 - Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France, leeftijd bij overlijden: 52 jaar oud Begraven in 597 - Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris VI°, Paris, Île-de-France, France Ouders Brunulphe d'ARDENNES, Comte d'Ardennes 522-565 Crotechilde d'OSTROGOTHIE 525- Relaties en kinderen Gehuwd met Chilpéric Ier de NEUSTRIE, Roi de Neustrie 539-584 (Ouders : Clothaire dit Le Vieux de NEUSTRIE, Roi de Neustrie 497/498-561 & Arégonde von WORMS ca 510-ca 587) en hun kinderen Rigonte de NEUSTRIE 569- Samson de NEUSTRIE ca 573-577 Clodebert de NEUSTRIE 575-580 Dagobert de NEUSTRIE ca 578-580 Théodoric de NEUSTRIE 582-584 Clotaire II Le Jeune de NEUSTRIE, Roi de Soissons 584-629 Bronnen Persoon: Christian SETTIPANI & Patrick van KERREBROUCK : "La Préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987, Première partie: Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens", (Villeneuve d'Ascq: Editions Christian, 1993). Gezin: Pascal ARNOUX : "Histoire des rois de France et des chefs d'Etat, de Clovis à Chirac", éd. du Rocher, 2001. Overzicht van de stamboom Stamboom voorouders Stamboom nakomelingen Afdrukbare stambomen Wautbert de PONTHIEU 490-538 Lucile de PANNONIE 495 Utheric d'OSTROGOTHIE, Prince Ostrogoth 490-523/542 Amalasuntha d'OSTROGOTHIE, Königin Ostgotische 485-535 | | | | | | Brunulphe d'ARDENNES, Comte d'Ardennes 522-565 Crotechilde d'OSTROGOTHIE 525- | | | Frédégonde de NEUSTRIE, Reine de Soissons 545-597
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