See also:

• BRUNHILDA (Brunechildis)

BRUNHILDA (Brunechildis)  , See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of See also:

• AUSTRASIA

Austrasia (d . 613), was a daughter of See also:

• ATHANAGILD (d. $47)

Athanagild, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the Visigoths . In 567 she was asked in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage by See also:

• SIGEBERT (d. 575)

Sigebert, who was reigning at See also:

• METZ

Metz . She now abjured Arianism and was converted to the orthodox faith, and the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union was celebrated at Metz; on which occasion See also:

• FORTUNATUS
• FORTUNATUS, VENANTIUS HONORIUS CLEMENTIANUS (530-609)

Fortunatus, an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian poet, who was then at the Frankish See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, composed the See also:

• EPITHALAMIUM (Gr. hirl, at or upon, and BhXayos, a nuptial chamber)

epithalamium . See also:

• CHILPERIC

Chilperic, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Sigebert, and king of the wet Frankish See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, jealous of the renown which this marriage brought to his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder brother, hastened to ask the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of Galswintha, See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• BRUNHILDA (Brunechildis)

Brunhilda; but at the instigation of his See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress See also:

• FREDEGOND (Fredigundis) (d. 597)

Fredegond, he assassinated his wife . Sigebert was anxious to avenge his sister-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, but on the intervention of See also:

• GUNTRAM, or GONTRAN (561-592)

Guntram, he accepted the See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation offered by Chilperic, namely the cities of See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux, See also:

• CAHORS

Cahors and See also:

• LIMOGES

Limoges, with See also:

• BEAM
• BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)

Beam and Bigorre . This treaty did not prevent See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war soon again breaking out between Sigebert and Chilperic . So See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband lived, Brunhilda played a secondary See also:

• PART

part, but having been made See also:

• CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

captive by Chilperic after her husband's assassination (575),she succeeded in escaping from her See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison at See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen, after a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of extra-See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary adventures, by means of a marriage with Merovech, the son of her conqueror . From this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time on, she took the See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead; in Austrasia she engaged in a desperate struggle against the nobles, who wished to govern in the name of her son See also:

• CHILDEBERT

Childebert II.; but she was worsted in the conflict and for some time had to seek See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Childebert II . (597) she aspired to govern Austrasia and Burgundy in the name of her grandsons Theudebert and Theuderich II . She was expelled from Austrasia, and then stirred up Theuderich II. against his brother, whom he defeated at See also:

• TOUL

Toul and Tolbiac, and put to death .

Theuderich II. died shortly after this victory, and Brunhilda caused one of her See also:

• GREAT

great-grandchildren to be proclaimed king . The nobles of Austrasia and Burgundy, however, now summoned See also:

• CLOTAIRE (CHLOTIIACHAR)

Clotaire II., son of Fredegond, and king of See also:

• NEUSTRIA

Neustria, to help them against the queen . Brunhilda was given up to him, and died a terrible death, being dragged at the heels of a See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse (613) . Brunhilda seems to have had See also:

• POLITICAL

political ideas, and to have wished to attain to the royal See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . She was a protectress of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, and See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory I . (590-604) addressed a series of letters to her, in which he showered praises upon her . She took it upon herself, however, to supervise the bishoprics and monasteries, and came into conflict with See also:

• COLUMBAN (543-615)

Columban (Columbanus), See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot of Luxeuil . As Brunhilda was a great queen, tradition ascribes to her the construction of many old castles, and a number of old See also:

• ROMAN

Roman roads are also known by the name of Chaussees de Brunehaut .