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Audovera (–580) was the first wife or mistress of Chilperic I, king of Neustria.

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Royalty.name
Audovera
Royalty.image
File:Albert Maignan-Audovère Repudiée.jpg
Royalty.caption
Painting of Audovera's repudiation by Albert Maignan.
Royalty.succession
Queen consort of Neustria
Royalty.reign
561 – 567
Royalty.birth_date
533
Royalty.death_date
580
Royalty.death_place
Le Mans
Royalty.consort
yes
Royalty.spouse
Chilperic I
Royalty.issue
Theudebert of SoissonsMerovechClovisChildesindaBasina

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Albert Maignan-Audovère Repudiée.jpg
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date of death
0580-01-01
date of birth
0533-00-00
birth name
Audovera
name in native language
Audovera
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Audovera (–580) was the first wife or mistress of Chilperic I, king of Neustria.

They had five children. Theudebert, killed in battle in 575 by Guntram Boso during the interminable conflict between Chilperic and his brothers. Merovech of Soissons, married the widow Brunhilda, becoming his father's enemy. Killed by his servants on his own orders in 578. Clovis of Soissons, assassinated by Fredegund in 580. Childesinda, mentioned but once in the Liber Historiae Francorum as the infant whose botched baptism led to Audovera's dismissal. Committed to the same nunnery as her mother. Basina, nun, banished to a convent in 580. She later led a revolt in the abbey of Poitiers in 589.

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