Princess Brunehaut of the Visigoths 
Brunehaut was born in 0537 in Austrasia. Brunehaut's father was King Athanagild Balthas of the Visigoths and her mother was Galswinthe of the Vandals. Her paternal grandparents were King Amalric Balthas I of the Visigoths and Princess Clotilde of Francia; her maternal grandfather was Hoamer of the Vandals and her maternal grandmother is Gossana. She was an only child. She died due to dragged at the heels of a wild horse at the age of 76 in 0613.General Notes
Princess of the Visigoths
Brunhild (550?-613), queen of the Frankish kingdom known as Austrasia (on the border of present-day France and Germany). Brunhild was married to Sigebert I, king of Austrasia. Her sister Galswintha married Sigebert's brother Chilperic, ruler of neighboring Neustria. Fredegund, Chilperic's former concubine, caused Galswintha to be murdered; she then married Chilperic. The next half century in Gaul is filled with the bloody deeds provoked by the enmity of Brunhild and Fredegund. In 613 Clotaire II of Neustria, son of Fredegund, captured and killed Brunhild.
Brunhild was the daughter of the Visigothic king Anthanagild and wife of the Frankish king Sigebert I of Metz. Born an Arian, she was converted to Catholocism. When Sigebert was assassinated and her son Childebert II took the throne, Sigebert's brother King Chilperic of Soissons banished Brunhild and imprisoned Ingund and Chlodosind. Chilperic's son Merovech then disobeyed his father and married Brunhild. Chilperic was outraged, and the two agreed to separate. Later Fredegund, wife of Chilperic, nearly had her assassinated. Until the end of her life she was the target of many assassination attempts, and present during many political meetings between her son and his uncles and cousins.
When King Childebert was assassinated in 595, Queen Brunhild ruled in the place of his two sons Theudebert II and Theuderic II. Brunhild lived in the court of Theudebert in Austrasia until he married Bilichild. Brunhild saw her as compitition, but could not convince her grandson not to marry her. Instead, she left the court and was received warmly in Burgundy by Theuderic. He married the Catholic Ermenberta, daughter of King Recared I of the Visigoths. After a year, Brunhild convinced this one to divorce her and take back his concubines. In 612, Brunhild urged Theuderic to attack his brother, whom he defeated and killed. The next year, however, the 26 year old king died of dysentery. Brunhild chose Sigebert II, son of Theuderic, to rule as king, but Chlotar, King of Soissons, ordered him executed, taking control of all the Frankish kingdoms. That year, he had Brunhild brutally tortured and executed (68 years old).
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- d.04 Jun 0451 in Cataulonian Plain
- d.0485
- b.~ 0450 d.0507 in Vouille
- b.~ 0415 in France d.0458
- b.0420
- b.~ 0419 in West Phalia, Germany
- b.0502 d.0531
- d.0567
- b.~ 0415 in France d.0458
- b.0436 in Westphalia, Germany d.26 Nov 0482
- b.~ 0419 in West Phalia, Germany
- b.~ 0463 in Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, France d.27 Nov 0511 in Church of Saint, France
- b.~ 0390 in Thuringia, Germany
- b.~ 0438 in Thuringia, France d.> 0470
- b.0414 in Thuringia, Germany
- b.~ 0507 d.~ 0531 in returning to Paris
- b.0436 in Westphalia, Germany d.26 Nov 0482
- b.0445 in Bourgogne, France d.0491
- b.~ 0438 in Thuringia, France d.> 0470
- b.0475 in Bourgogne, Marneogne, France d.03 Jun 0548 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.0410 d.0463
- b.0449/0452 in Bourgogne, France d.0506
- b.0537 in Austrasia d.0613
- d.0426/0428
- d.0477/0480 in North Africa
- b.0387/0395 in Granada, Spain
- d.0484
- b.0480 d.0530
- b.0361 in Rome, Italy d.04 Sep 0421
- b.02 Jul 0419 in Ravenna d.16 Mar 0454/0455 in Rome
- b.0390 d.0450 in Ravenna
- b.0440 d.0480
- b.10 Apr 0401 in Constantinople d.0450
- d.> 0462
- b.0401 in Athens, Greece d.20 Oct 0460
- b.0518 d.0582
- b.~ 0485
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Brunehaut and Sigebert were married in a religious ceremony in 0566. They had two sons and three daughters, named Childebert, Thierry, Bada, Ingunda and Clodoswindis.
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