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Fredegund

545 - 597

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Fredegund or Fredegunda (Latin: Fredegundis; French: Frédégonde; died 8 December 597) was the queen consort of Chilperic I, the Merovingian Frankish king of Soissons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fredegund has received more than 250,638 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Fredegund is the 199th most popular companion (down from 184th in 2019), the 904th most popular biography from France (down from 840th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Companion.

Fredegund was a Frankish queen, who became the second wife of Chilperic I, King of Neustria. She bore him two sons and three daughters. Fredegund had her husband assassinated in 584, and ruled for thirteen years, until her son Chlothar II came of age. Fredegund is most famous for being the second wife of Chilperic I, King of Neustria. She bore him two sons and three daughters. Fredegund had her husband assassinated in 584, and ruled for thirteen years, until her son Chlothar II came of age.

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  • 29

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  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Fredegund ranks 199 out of 673. Before her are Clementia of Hungary, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Julia, and Asiya. After her are Blanche of Burgundy, Berenice II of Egypt, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Elizabeth of Austria, and Sophia Dorothea of Celle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 545, Fredegund ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 597, Fredegund ranks 1. After her are Columba, Zhiyi, Simeon Stylites the Younger, and Ceol of Wessex.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fredegund ranks 904 out of 6,011. Before her are Auguste Mariette (1821), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Marie de France (1101), Jacques Delors (1925), and George Steiner (1929). After her are Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011), Claude Chappe (1763), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), and Antoine Arnauld (1612).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Fredegund ranks 25. Before her are Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), Margaret of Provence (1221), Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), and Joan the Lame (1293). After her are Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145), Adela of Champagne (1140), Eleanor of Provence (1223), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), and Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401).

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