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Rigunth (c. 569 C.E – after 589 C.E), also known as Rigundis, was a Frankish princess, daughter of the 
Gregory of Tours, ''Historiae''
Merovingian dynasty 569 births Year of death unknown Frankish princesses 6th-century Frankish women 6th-century Frankish nobility Daughters of kings {{Europe-royal-stub
Merovingian
The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...
King Chilperic I and Fredegund
Fredegund or Fredegunda (Latin: ''Fredegundis''; French: ''Frédégonde''; died 8 December 597) was the Queen consort of Chilperic I, the Merovingian Frankish king of Soissons. Fredegund served as regent during the minority of her son Chlot ...
.
Biography
Rigunth was the eldest child and only recorded daughter of Chilperic and Fredegund. About 583, she was betrothed to Recared, eldest son ofLeovigild
Liuvigild, Leuvigild, Leovigild, or ''Leovigildo'' (Spanish and Portuguese), ( 519 – 586) was a Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania from 568 to 586. Known for his Codex Revisus or Code of Leovigild, a law allowing equal rights between th ...
, King of the Visigoths. In September 584 she was sent to Spain in a convoy with a large treasure as dowry. During the journey King Chilperic died and the soldiers escorting the princess took everything they could steal and fled. At Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...
, Duke Didier seized what was left. The princess was returned to her mother in 585.
She took refuge with her mother and led a life viewed as debauched. She often quarreled with her mother who failed in an attempt to kill her in 589.Grégoire de Tours, ''Histoire des Francs'', livre IX, 34. Her date of death is unknown.
Further reading
* Eugen Ewig: ''Die Merowinger und das Frankenreich''. 4. Auflage,Kohlhammer Verlag
W. Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH, or Kohlhammer Verlag, is a German publishing house headquartered in Stuttgart.
History
Kohlhammer Verlag was founded in Stuttgart on 30 April 1866 by . Kohlhammer had taken over the businesses of his late father-in-l ...
, Stuttgart 2001.
* Martina Hartmann: ''Aufbruch ins Mittelalter. Die Zeit der Merowinger.'' Darmstadt 2003, .
References
External links
Gregory of Tours, ''Historiae''
Merovingian dynasty 569 births Year of death unknown Frankish princesses 6th-century Frankish women 6th-century Frankish nobility Daughters of kings {{Europe-royal-stub