Brunhild The VISIGOTH b. 543 d. Oct 613: Our Family History

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543 - 613 (70 years)

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Father	Athanagild The VISIGOTH, b. 510, d. 567, Spain (Age 57 years)
Mother	Goiswinth, b. 514, d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F126	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family King Sigebert I Des FRANCS, b. 535, d. Nov 575, Vitry-En-Perthois, France (Age 40 years)

Married 566 Metz, Austrasia, France

Children

1. Ingonde De FRANCS, b. 559, d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 29 Aug 2016

Family ID F124 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Also known as Brunhilde, the Visigothic princess exerted great influence over political life in the Frankish kingdoms of Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy. Brunhilde married King Sigebert of Austrasia in 567, while her sister Galswintha married Sigebert's brother Chilperic, king of Neustria. Rivalry between the brothers developed into open war when Chilperic had Galswintha murdered and Brunhilde demanded that her sister's death be revenged. When Sigebert was assassinated on the orders of Fredegunde, Chilperic's second wife, in 575, Chilperic claimed his lands. Brunhilde resisted this claim in the name of her son Childebert II. However, her nobles deserted her and she fled to Burgundy. Childebert remained in Austrasia and in 592 inherited Burgundy. When Childebert died in 595, Brunhilde attempted to assert her control as regent over Burgundy and Austrasia, which her grandsons Theodoric II and Theodebert II had inherited. After successfully resisting attacks by Chilperic's heir Clotaire II, Brunhilde tried and failed to conquer Neustria in 600 and again in 603-04. In 612 Theodoric murdered his brother Theodebert at her instigation. Theodoric himself died in 613. When Brunhilde tried to make her great-grandson Sigebert II king, the nobles rebelled and acknowledged Clotaire as king. In the autumn of 613, near Dijon, France, Clotaire had both Sigebert II and Brunhilde executed.