Brunehaut

   Brunechildis, Brunhild

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Personal and Family Information

Brunehaut was born before 0537 in Toledo, Toledo prov., Castilla-la Mancha, España , the daughter of Athanagilde I d'Hispanie and Goïswinthe des Vandals.

She died on 13 OCT 0613 in Renève, Mirebeau-sur-Bèze, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France .

She had two marriages/partners. Her first husband was Sigebert I d'Austrasie, who she married in 0566 in Metz, Austrasia ( now in Moselle, Lorraine, France) . Their three known children were Childebert II (0570/71-0596), Chlodoswinthe (0569-?) and Ildegonde (c0559-c0585).

Her second husband was Merovech de Neustrie, who she married in 0576 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France . They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Brunehaut
(<0537-0613)

 

Athanagilde I d'Hispanie
(c0510-0567)

 

Amalaric II de Visigothie
(0502-0531)

 

Alaric II de Visigothie
(c0460-0507)

+
   

Thiudigotho
(c0476-0524)

+
   

Clotilde d'Austrasie
(0497-0531)

 

Clovis I des Francs saliens
(0466-0511)

+
   

saint Clothilde de Bourgogne
(0465-0545)

+
   

Goïswinthe des Vandals
(c0520-0589)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth BEF 0537
Place: Toledo, Toledo prov., Castilla-la Mancha, España
Death 13 OCT 0613
Place: Renève, Mirebeau-sur-Bèze, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France

Notes

Note 1

She was was imprisoned by Chilperic after November 575 in Rouen, France.

Note 2

She died on 13 October 613 in Renève, Burgundy, France, at age 70 years. She was tortured for three days, bound to a camel and exposed to the mockery of the army, and finally dragged to death at a horse's tail.