Brunchildis
Abt 540 - 613 (73 years)-
Name Brunchildis Birth Abt 540 Spain 
Gender Female Death 613 Person ID I26875 Coombs Last Modified 5 Apr 2015
Father Athanagild, King of the Visigoths in Spain, b. Abt 518, Spain d. 14 Mar 567 (Age 49 years) Family ID F9364 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sigebert I, King Of Austrasia, b. Abt 526, Of, Reims, , France d. Nov 575, Vitry, France (Age 49 years) Marriage 567 Of Metz, Austrasia, France Children 1. Childebert II, King of Austrasia, b. Abt 540, Austrasia, France d. 595 (Age 55 years)2. Clodoswinde, b. Abt 544, Austrasia d. Yes, date unknown3. Ingunda, b. Abt 546, Austrasia d. 24 Mar 585 (Age 39 years)Family ID F9363 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
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Notes - Frankish queen, wife of Sigebert I of the East Frankish kingdom of Austrasia; daughter of Athanagild, the Visigothic king of Spain. After the murder (567) of her sister Galswintha, who was the wife of Sigebert's brother Chilperic I of the West Frankish kingdom of Neustria, and Chilperic's marriage to his mistress Fredegunde, Brunhilda was the major instigator in the war against Neustria. The struggle continued between Brunhilda and Fredegunde after the death (575) of Sigebert and the murder (584) of Chilperic. Throughout the reigns of her son, Childebert II, and of two grandsons, Brunhilda was the actual ruler of Austrasia and of Burgundy, when by her design that country was united with Austrasia after the death (592) of King Guntram. She was endowed with the gifts of a great statesman, but her unscrupulousness in the execution of her plans earned her the fierce hatred of the nobles, whom she nonetheless controlled. She was finally betrayed by them to Fredegunde's son, Clotaire II of Neustria. He put her to a horrible death.
Brunchildis ("Brunhild"): "After the death of her husband, Brunhild, regent for her five-year-old son, Childebert, began
her twenty-eight year career as deputy ruler of Austrasia and later Burgundy...." - "The Birth of France...," Katharine
Scherman (NY: Random House, 1987), p. 178. She incited her husband to war against Chilperic, king of Neustria, who
had murdered his wife (Galeswintha, Brunhild's sister) in order to marry his mistress (Fredegund, who later had Sigibert
killed!).
- Frankish queen, wife of Sigebert I of the East Frankish kingdom of Austrasia; daughter of Athanagild, the Visigothic king of Spain. After the murder (567) of her sister Galswintha, who was the wife of Sigebert's brother Chilperic I of the West Frankish kingdom of Neustria, and Chilperic's marriage to his mistress Fredegunde, Brunhilda was the major instigator in the war against Neustria. The struggle continued between Brunhilda and Fredegunde after the death (575) of Sigebert and the murder (584) of Chilperic. Throughout the reigns of her son, Childebert II, and of two grandsons, Brunhilda was the actual ruler of Austrasia and of Burgundy, when by her design that country was united with Austrasia after the death (592) of King Guntram. She was endowed with the gifts of a great statesman, but her unscrupulousness in the execution of her plans earned her the fierce hatred of the nobles, whom she nonetheless controlled. She was finally betrayed by them to Fredegunde's son, Clotaire II of Neustria. He put her to a horrible death.