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Family: Chilperic I, King of the Franks / Galswintha (F4444)

• Male Chilperic I, King of the Franks

  
  

  Birth	Before 535
  Death	27 Sep 584 - 9 Oct 584	Chelles, Île-de-France, France
  Burial		Église Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris, Île-de-France, France Église Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois,  Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Marriage	564  [1]
  Other Spouse	Audovere | F4443
  Marriage	549
  Other Spouse	Frédégunde | F4442
  Marriage	568
  Father	Clothaire I, King of the Franks | F4095 Group Sheet
  Mother	Aregunde | F4095 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Galswintha

  
  

  Birth	540
  Death	567
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• Notes

  Married: Chilperic sought Galswintha's hand in marriage after his brother, King Sigebert, had married the noblewoman, Brunhilda (Galswintha's sister),[a] a union that violated the Merovingian tradition of seeking the hand of a lowborn woman instead. According to Gregory of Tours, Chilperic was betrothed to multiple women at the time of his marriage to Galswintha and had promised to dismiss all of them if she accepted his proposal. Chilperic honored his avowal by dispensing with his other wives when he married Galswintha. [2]

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1508] anonymous. Franks, Merovingian Kings , (manuscript, 2007). [S304] Wikipedia, Galswintha.