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6 unusual facts about Chilperic I


Austrovald

Under Chilperic I and then the usurper Gundoald, a dux named Bladast was acting as duke over the region of Aquitaine.

Bladast

Bladast or Bladastes was a Frankish dux during the reigns of Chilperic I and Chlothar II.

Clovis

Clovis (died 580), son of Chilperic I and Audovera, assassinated by his father and stepmother

Desiderius of Aquitaine

Desiderius (died 587) was a Gallo-Roman dux in the Kingdom of the Franks during the reigns of Chilperic I and Guntram.

Euin

Paul records that it was around this time, when Sigebert I of Austrasia was assassinated by Chilperic I of Neustria (584), that Euin married a daughter of Garibald I, whom Paul refers to as "king of the Bavarians".

Franz Schmidt

New Grove encyclopaedia states that Fredigundis was a critical and popular failure, which may be partly attributable to the fact that Fredigundis (Fredegund), the widow of Chilperic I), is presented as a murderous and sadistic feminine monster.


Arnold of Nijmegen

The narratives which are depicted in the lower section of the windows show the defeat of King Chilperic by his brother Sigebert, the protection of Chilperic by the Bishop of Tournai, and the plotting and assassination of Sigebert by Chilperic's wife Queen Fredegund.


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