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Brunechilde

Female 550 - 613  (63 years)


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  • Name Brunechilde  
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 545 - 550  [1
    • Father: Atanagildo, King of the Visigoths
      Mother: Gosvinta [1]
    History birth to death 
    • Brunechilde's name was also spelt Brunechildis, in Latin. [1]
    • According to Gregory of Tours, she was "elegant in all she did, lovely to look at, chaste and decorous in her behaviour, wise in her generation and of good address." She converted from Arianism to Catholicism for her husband and brought a large dowry. [1]
    • After her husband's death, King Chilperich, her brother-in-law, seized her treasure in Paris and banished her to Rouen. [1]
    • After the death in 599 of her son, King Childebert II, she was regent for her grandson, King Theodebert. [1]
    Death 613  Renève, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • She died from being tied by her hair, one arm, and a leg to the tail of an unbroken horse, being cut to shreds by the hooves as it ran. [1]
    Person ID I22755 
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2019 

    Family 1 Sigebert I, King of the Franks ,   b. 535   d. Between Nov 575 and Dec 575 (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 566/67  [1, 3
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 17 years - He : ~ 32 years. 
    Children From 567 to Abt 577  [1
    Family ID F7732  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2021 

    Family 2 Merovech   d. 577  [1
    Marriage After 576  [1
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 27 years - He : ??. 
    Family ID F7733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2019 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1508] anonymous. Franks, Merovingian Kings , (manuscript, 2007).

    2. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------.

    3. [S304] Wikipedia, Sigebert I.