Ragnagild (5th-century – fl. 485) was a Visigoth queen consort by marriage to king
Euric
Euric (Gothic: ''* Aiwareiks'', see ''Eric''), also known as Evaric, or Eurico in Spanish and Portuguese (c. 420 – 28 December 484), son of Theodoric I, ruled as king (''rex'') of the Visigoths, after murdering his brother, Theodoric II, from ...
(466–484).
Ragnagild is known from the work of
Sidonius Apollinaris
Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Sidonius Apollinaris (5 November of an unknown year, 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Sidonius is "the single most important surviving author from 5th-century Gaul ...
to have acted as the patron of poets and artists. She could speak Latin, was apparently educated, and she is speculated to have had influence over state affairs.
[Isla Frez A. Reinas de los Godos // Hispania. — 2004. — Vol. LXIV/2, № 217. — P. 409—434.]
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Visigothic queens consort
5th-century women