Gundobad
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Gundobad was King of the Burgundians, succeeding his father Gundioc of Burgundy. Previous to this, he had been a patrician of the moribund Western Roman Empire in 472–473, three years before its colla
Whimsical statuette of Gundobad on a facade of the Place du Bourg-de-Four in Geneva, Switzerland
Sigismund of Burgundy
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Sigismund was King of the Burgundians from 516 until his death. He was the son of king Gundobad and Caretene. He succeeded his father in 516. Sigismund and his brother Godomar were defeated in battle
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…the Alps in March. Shanzer and Wood believe Epiphanius was possibly also entrusted with a mission in connection with the marriage of Gundobad's son Sigismund to Theodoric's daughter Ostrogotho. In his account of this visit, Magnus Felix Ennodius, who accompanied Epiphanius on this journey, describes Godegisel…
1451 fresco by Piero della Francesca
Reliquary of Saint Sigismund in Płock Cathedral (2011)