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Brunhilda (c. 543 – 613) was queen consort of Austrasia, part of Francia, by marriage to the Merovingian king Sigebert I of Austrasia, and regent for her son, grandson and great-grandson.
Jun 23, 2022 · Brunhilda of Austrasia (c. 543-613) was a Visigothic princess who married into the Merovingian dynasty of the Franks, becoming the queen consort and then regent of Austrasia.
Jun 2, 2021 · Brunhilda of Austrasia was a Visigothic princess born around AD 543, probably in what is now central Spain. She may never have collected the dead from the battlefield for the All-Father as did the valkyries of myth, nor sung from her funeral pyre, but Brunhilda was a remarkable figure who played an active, often ruthless role in the ...
Brunhild was the queen of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, daughter of the Visigothic king Athanagild, and one of the most forceful figures of the Merovingian age. In 567 Brunhild married Sigebert I, king of Austrasia, changing her religion from Arianism to Roman Catholicism.
May 30, 2019 · Learn about the Queen of Austrasia, Brunhilde, and how she urged her husband to war to avenge her sister's murder by her husband's half-brother.
Jul 13, 2017 · Athanagild’s other daughter, Brunhild, married King Sigebert I of Austrasia, ruling a domain spanning (in modern terms) from eastern France into Belgium, the Netherlands and western Germany. When these marriages were cemented, neither the Frankish nor Visigothic kings could have guessed just how influential one of these two women ...
Brunhilda, birth 543/queen consort of Austrasia, part of Frankia, by marriage to the Merovingian king Sigebert I of Austrasia, and regent for her son, grandson, and great-grandson/death 613 at age 70.
Brunhilda (c. 534 – 613) [1] was a Visigoth princess. Her father was King Athanagild of Spain. She married King Sigebert I of Austrasia. She ruled the eastern kingdoms of Austrasia and Burgundy in the names of her sons and grandsons. At first she was known as a fair and just ruler. She later became known for her cruelty and vengeful behavior.
Brunhilda of Austrasia was a Visigothic princess born around AD 543, probably in what is now central Spain. She may never have collected the dead from the battlefield for the All-Father, nor sung a stirring solo from her funeral pyre, but Brunhilda was a remarkable figure who played an active, often ruthless role in
Visigothic queen of the Merovingian kingdom of Austrasia. After her husband's assassination she tried to rule in the name of her son Childebert II but, faced with internal revolts and the opposition of the King of Neustria, she fled to Burgundy.
