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. In 711 she was married to Grimoald the Younger the eldest son of

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. The marriage was officiated by archbishop or

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of the Frisians

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.it ''Liber Pontificalis'' (Corpus XXXVI 1, side 168) en ''Beda Venerabilis'' (Corpus XLVI9, page 218) Her husband had 2 illegitimate sons:

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and Arnold.

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* ''Liber Histoariae Francorum'', * ''Annales Mettenses''. Medieval Frisians 8th-century women Frisian women 7th-century women