Fredegund

Also known as Fredegonda, gvv

Fredegund or Fredegunda (Latin: Fredegundis; French: Frédégonde; – 8 December 597) was the queen consort of Chilperic I, the Merovingian Frankish king of Neustria. Fredegund served as regent during the minority of her son Chlothar II from 584 until 597.

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Royalty.birth_date: 543
Royalty.name: Fredegund
Royalty.title: Queen consort of Neustria (Soissons)
Royalty.image: Fredegonde596.jpg
Royalty.caption: Fredegund as depicted in her funerary effigy at the Basilica of Saint-Denis
Royalty.death_date: 8 December 597 (aged 54)
Royalty.death_place: Paris, France
Royalty.burial_place: Saint Denis Basilica, Paris
Royalty.house type: Dynasty
Royalty.spouse: Chilperic I
Royalty.issue: ChlodobertRigunthSamsonDagobertTheudericChlothar II

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Image: Emmanuel Herman Joseph Wallet - Frédégonde armant les meurtriers de Sigebert.jpg

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Commons category: Fredegund
date of death: 0597-12-08
name in native language: Frédégonde
P11493: 911

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Queen
Conflict with Rigunth
Regency
Religion
Major attempts
Persecution of Praetextatus
Death
Issue
Legacy
Reputation
Music
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Fredegund has traditionally been given a rather poor 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 stories of her cruelty, particularly for her long feud with her sister-in-law queen Brunhilda of Austrasia.