Brunhilda was queen consort of Austrasia, part of Francia, by marriage to the Merovingian king Sigebert I of Austrasia, and regent for her son, grandson and great-grandson.
The strangling of Queen Galswintha by Chilperic I.
Brunhilde is dragged to her death
The murder of Brunhilda, from De Casibus Virorum Illustrium, attributed to Maître François, Paris, c. 1475
Tomb of Brunhilda in the abbey church before 1790 (early 19th-century engraving by Alexandre Lenoir)
Sigebert I was a Frankish king of Austrasia from the death of his father in 561 to his own death. He was the third surviving son out of four of Clotaire I and Ingund. His reign found him mostly occupi
Brunhilda of Austrasia
…Brunhilda (c. 543 – 613) was queen consort of Austrasia, part of Francia, by marriage to the Merovingian king Sigebert I of Austrasia, and regent for her son, grandson and great-grandson. In her long and complicated career she ruled the eastern Frankish kingdoms of Austrasia and…
The assassination of Sigebert by Jean Fouquet, from the fifteenth century Grandes Chroniques de France.
Theodebert I 534 548 king of Metz