Merovech was born in 0558, the son of Chilpéric I de Neustrie and Audovère de Soissons. The place is not known.
He died in 0577 in Arras (Atrecht), Pas-de-Calais, Nord Pas-de-Calais, France .
His wife was Brunehaut, who he married in 0576 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France . They had no known children.
Merovech de Neustrie |
Chilpéric I de Neustrie |
Lothair I de Neustrie |
Clovis I des Francs saliens |
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saint Clothilde de Bourgogne |
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Arnegonde |
Baderic de Thüringe |
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Birth | 0558 |
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Death | 0577 |
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Nobility Title | vice roi des Francs |
Note 1
After her husband Sigebert was assassinated by his brother Chilperic who had married and murdered her sister, and she imprisoned by him, Merovech, the son of Chilperic by an earlier wife, married her. This marriage was shortlived but Brunhild was freed to go to Metz. He died in 577 in Arras, at age 19 years. Driven to suicide by his step-mother, Fredegund, to clear the way for her own children to succeed to the throne.