Godinus

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Godinus (or Godin) succeeded his father Warnachar as mayor of the palace of Burgundy in 626 and held that post until 627. Ha married his stepmother, Bertha, for which he was hunted down by the king, Clotaire II. He fled to the court of Dagobert I, the king's son, in Austrasia, but Clotaire found him in Chartres and executed him.{{cite web |url=https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKSMaiordomi.htm#_Toc359686217 |title=Merovingian nobility - Godin |website=fmg.ac |access-date=21 June 2025}}

References

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Sources

  • Wallace-Hadrill, John Michael (1960): The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar, Nelson, p. 44
  • Fox, Yaniv (2014): Power and Religion in Merovingian Gaul: Columbanian Monasticism and the Formation of the Frankish Aristocracy, Cambridge University Press, p. 104

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Category:627 deaths

Category:Mayors of the Palace

Category:Year of birth unknown

Category:People from the Kingdom of Burgundy

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