FREDEGUNDE

frēˌdəgŭnˈdə, c.545–597, Frankish queen. The mistress of King Chilperic I of Neustria, she became his wife after inducing him to murder his wife Galswintha (567). Fredegunde and Brunhilda, Galswintha's sister and wife of King Sigebert I of Austrasia, were among the leading figures in the long war (561–613) between the Frankish kingdoms of Neustria and Austrasia. Fredegunde procured the deaths of Sigebert I and of her own stepchildren. After Chilperic's murder (584) she acted as regent for her son Clotaire II.

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The Rhetorical Feminine: Gender and Orient on the German Stage, 1647-1742
Book by Sarah Colvin; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Fiction, German Drama--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Theater And Society--Germany--History--17th Century, Theater--Germany--History--17th Century, Theater--Political Aspects--Germany--History--17th Century, Women In The Theater--Germany--History--17th Century
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Spiritual Kinship as Social Practice: Godparenthood and Adoption in the Early Middle Ages
Book by Bernhard Jussen, Pamela Selwyn; University of Delaware Press, 2000
Subjects: Adoption--Europe--History--To 1500, Kinship--Europe--History--To 1500, Social History--Medieval, 500-1500, Sponsors--Europe--History
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Ploetz' Manual of Universal History
Book by William H. Tillinghast, Karl Julius Ploetz; Houghton Mifflin, 1925
Subjects: History--Outlines, Syllabi, Etc
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Western Political Thought
Book by John Bowle; Oxford University Press, 1948
Subjects: Political Science--History
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The Romanesque Lyric: Studies in Its Background and Development from Petronius to the Cambridge Songs, 50-1050
Book by Philip Schuyler Allen, Howard Mumford Jones; The University of North Carolina Press, 1928
Subjects: Latin Poetry, Medieval And Modern--History And Criticism, Latin Poetry, Medieval And Modern--Translations Into English, Lyric Poetry--History And Criticism
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Fredegunde
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FREDEGUNDE fre d gun d , c.545 597, Frankish queen. The mistress...after inducing him to murder his wife Galswintha (567). Fredegunde and Brunhilda , Galswinthas sister and wife of King...between the Frankish kingdoms of Neustria and Austrasia. Fredegunde procured the deaths of Sigebert I and of her own stepchildren...
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Clotaire II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CLOTAIRE II d. 629, Frankish king, son of Chilperic I and Fredegunde . He succeeded (584) his father as king of Neustria, but his mother ruled for him until her death (597). In 613, after the death...
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Brunhilda
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Chilperics marriage to his mistress Fredegunde , Brunhilda was the major instigator...struggle continued between Brunhilda and Fredegunde after the death (575) of Sigebert and...She was finally betrayed by them to Fredegundes son, Clotaire II of Neustria. He...
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Austrasia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...both political and cultural, reached their climax in the fierce fights between Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia and Queen Fredegunde of Neustria. During the reigns of Clotaire I , Clotaire II , and Dagobert I , Austrasia was temporarily reunited with...
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Neustria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Frankish kingdom, which became known as Austrasia . The conflict culminated in the long and bitter war between Queen Fredegunde of Neustria (d. 597) and Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia (d. 613). Neustria and Austrasia were reunited briefly by Clotaire...
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