Raicunda (? - 512), also known as Radikunda, Radegunda or Ranikunda was a Lombardic queen consort. She was the daughter of the Thurinigian king

Bisinus Bisinus (sometimes shortened to Bisin) was the king of Thuringia in the 5th century AD or around 500. He is the earliest historically attested ruler of the Thuringians. Almost nothing more about him can be said with certainty, including whether all ...

and his Lombard wife

Menia Menia (fl. c. 500) was the queen of the Thuringians by marriage and the earliest named ancestor of the Gausian dynasty of the Lombards. She became a legendary figure after her death, strongly associated with gold and wealth. Only one other person i ...

. She had three brothers named in the sources,

Hermanafrid Hermanfrid (also Hermanifrid or Hermanafrid; , died 532) was the last independent king of the Thuringii in present-day Germany. He was one of three sons of King Bisinus and the Lombard Menia. His siblings were Baderic; Raicunda, married to the L ...

Bertachar Bertachar (or Berthachar) was a king of Thuringia from about 510 until about 525, co-ruling with his brothers Hermanfrid and Baderic. Bertachar was probably not a Thuringian himself. Frankish sources, such as Venantius Fortunatus, make the three ...

and

Baderic Baderic, Baderich, Balderich or Boderic (ca. 480 – 529), son of Bisinus and Menia, was a co-king of the Thuringii. He and his brothers Hermanfrid and Berthar succeeded their father Bisinus. After Hermanfrid defeated Berthar in battle, he in ...

, who divided the Thuringian kingdom after the death of their father. Raicunda went with her mother to the kingdom of the Lombards. She married the Lombard king

Wacho Wacho (also Waccho; probably from ''Waldchis'') was king of the Lombards before they entered Italy from an unknown date (perhaps c. 510) until his death in 539. His father was Unichis. Wacho usurped the throne by assassinating (or having assassi ...

, but died in 512 AD before leaving any children.

Sources

* Michael Kirchschlager: Runibergun. Vom Königreich der Thüringer. Verlag Kirchschlager, Arnstadt 2009, , S. 23 * Helmut Castritius, Dieter Geuenich, Matthias Werner (Hrsg.): Die Frühzeit der Thüringer. Archäologie, Sprache, Geschichte (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Ergänzungsband Nr. 63). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2009, . Year of birth unknown 512 deaths Lombardic queens consort Thuringian women 6th-century women {{Germany-hist-stub