Rigunth
Sign in to saveRigunth ( A.D. – after 589 A.D.), also known as Rigundis, was a Frankish princess, daughter of the Merovingian King Chilperic I and Fredegund.
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- Royalty.name
- Rigunth
- Royalty.image
- File:Witt 1887 Fredegund tries to kill her daughter Rigunth.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Fredegunde tries to kill Rigunth, 1887
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 569
- Royalty.death_date
- after 589
- Royalty.consort
- yes
- Royalty.house
- Merovingian dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Chilperic I
- Royalty.mother
- Fredegund
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- Witt 1887 Fredegund tries to kill her daughter Rigunth.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0569-01-01
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Rigunth ( A.D. – after 589 A.D.), also known as Rigundis, was a Frankish princess, daughter of the Merovingian King Chilperic I and Fredegund.
== Biography == Rigunth was the eldest child and only recorded daughter of Chilperic I and Queen Fredegund. About 583, she was betrothed to Reccared I, King of the Visigoths, eldest son of Liuvigild. In September 584 she was sent to Spain in a convoy with a large treasure as dowry. During the journey King Chilperic died and the soldiers escorting the princess took everything they could steal and fled. At Toulouse, Duke Didier seized what was left. The princess was returned to her mother in 585.