Suavegotha (died after 549), also known as Suavegotta or Suavegotho, was probably the wife of the

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. Suavegotha was the daughter of the Burgundian king

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and his

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. According to the historian

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, Theuderic married a daughter of the Burgundian king Sigismund. He does however not mention the name of this wife. The wife of Theuderic is often identified with the queen Suavegotha mentioned by the 10th century chronicler

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. According to Flodoard, Suavegotha had a daughter named Theudechild. According to the

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, Suavegotha was the wife of Theuderich, and the daughter of Sigismund's second wife, whose name is unknown.

Sources

* Martina Hartmann: Die Königin im frühen Mittelalter.

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, Stuttgart 2009, , S. 66. * Matthias Springer: Theuderich I. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2. Auflage. Band 30, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, , S. 459–463 (hier: 461). 480s births 5th-century Germanic people 6th-century Germanic people Amali dynasty Burgundian queens consort Ostrogothic women Year of death unknown 6th-century Frankish women {{Europe-noble-stub