Rigunth
{{Short description|Frankish princess (c. 569 A.D. – after 589 A.D.)}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Rigunth
| image = File:Witt 1887 Fredegund tries to kill her daughter Rigunth.jpg
| caption = Fredegunde tries to kill Rigunth, 1887
| birth_date = c. 569
| death_date = after 589
| consort = yes
| house = Merovingian dynasty
| father = Chilperic I
| mother = Fredegund
}}
Rigunth (c. 569 A.D. – after 589 A.D.), also known as Rigundis, was a Frankish princess, daughter of the Merovingian King Chilperic I and Fredegund.
Biography
Rigunth was the eldest child and only recorded daughter of Chilperic I and Queen Fredegund. About 583, she was betrothed to Recared, eldest son of Leovigild, King of the Visigoths. In September 584 she was sent to Spain in a convoy with a large treasure as dowry. During the journey King Chilperic died and the soldiers escorting the princess took everything they could steal and fled.Grégoire de Tours, Histoire des francs, livre VI, 45; VII, 9–15 & 35. At Toulouse, Duke Didier seized what was left. The princess was returned to her mother in 585.{{cite book|author=Lot, Ferdinand |title=Naissance de la France|publisher=Librairie Arthème Fayard|location=Paris|date=1948|url=http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/lot_ferdinand/Naissance_de_la_france/lot_naissance_france.doc}}
She took refuge with her mother and led a life viewed as debauched. She often quarreled with her mother who failed in an attempt to kill her in 589.Grégoire de Tours, Histoire des Francs, livre IX, 34. Her date of death is unknown.
Further reading
- Eugen Ewig: Die Merowinger und das Frankenreich. 4. Auflage, Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001. {{ISBN|3-17-017044-9}}
- Martina Hartmann: Aufbruch ins Mittelalter. Die Zeit der Merowinger. Darmstadt 2003, {{ISBN|3-534-15829-6}}.
References
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External links
{{Wikisource|Scriptor:Gregorius Turonensis|Gregorius Turonensis|lang=la}}
- [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/gregory-hist.html Gregory of Tours, Historiae]
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Category:Year of death unknown
Category:6th-century Frankish women
Category:6th-century Frankish nobility
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