Fredegunde Franks 
Fredegunde was born in 0545. Fredegunde's father was Brunulphe Earlin and her mother was Crotechilde de Ostrogoths. Her maternal grandparents were Theodoric Ostrogoths and Andelfieda Audeflede Meroving Franks. She was an only child. She died at the age of 52 in 0597.Death Notes
B: 545
P: Soissons, Aisne, France
D: Abt. 597
General Notes
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c.545–597, Frankish queen. The mistress of King Chilperic I of Neustria, she became his wife after inducing him to murder his wife Galswintha (567). Fredegunde and Brunhilda, Galswintha’s sister and wife of King Sigebert I of Austrasia, were
among the leading figures in the long war (561–613) between the Frankish kingdoms of Neustria and Austrasia. Fredegunde procured the deaths of Sigebert I and of her own stepchildren. After Chilperic’s murder (584) she acted as regent for her
son Clotaire II.
# Note:
# Note: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001.
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I17623
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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)
- b.0517
- b.0545 d.0597
- b.0345 in Ukraine d.0400
- b.0375 d.0459
<Unknown>
- b.0400 in Ukraine d.0474 in Pannonia
<Unknown>
- b.0454 d.30 Aug 0526
- b.0430 in Verona
- b.0500
- b.0395 in Westphalia, Germany d.0447
- b.0415 d.0457
- b.0398 in Thuringia, Germany
- b.0436 in Westphalia, Germany d.26 Nov 0481
- b.0398 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France d.23 Nov 0447 in Cologne, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- b.0419
- b.0399 in Cologne, North Rhine, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d.0450 in Cologne, Westfalia, Germany
- b.0450
- b.0439 d.0470
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Details of Fredegunde's family with Chilperic I Soissons Franks
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