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597
__NOTOC__ Year 597 ( DXCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts .... The denomination 597 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Emperor Maurice (emperor), Maurice writes his Will (law), last will, in which he describes his ideas for governing the Byzantine Empire (his eldest son, Theodosius (son of Maurice), Theodosius, will rule the East from Constantinople, and his second son, Tiberius, the West from Rome). * Autumn – Maurice's Balkan campaigns#Renewed campaigns, 597–602, Balkan Campaign: The Avars (Carpathians), Avars, strengthened by the trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredegund
Fredegund or Fredegunda (Vulgar Latin, Latin: ''Fredegundis''; French language, French: ''Frédégonde''; died 8 December 597) was the queen consort of Chilperic I, the Merovingian Franks, Frankish king of Neustria. Fredegund served as regent during the minority of her son Chlothar II from 584 until 597. Fredegund has traditionally been given a rather poor reputation, foremost by the accounts of Gregory of Tours, who depicts her as ruthlessly murderous and sadistically cruel, and she is known for the many stories of her cruelty, particularly for her long feud with her sister-in-law queen Brunhilda of Austrasia. Queen Fredegund was born into a low-ranking family but gained power through her association with King Chilperic. Originally a servant of Chilperic's first wife Audovera, Fredegund won Chilperic's affection and persuaded him to put Audovera in a convent and divorce her. Chilperic put Fredegund aside and married Galswintha, the daughter of Visigothic King Athanagild, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
