Chimnechild of Burgundy

Chimnechild of Burgundy (7th-century – fl. 662) was a Frankish queen consort by marriage to king Sigebert III.[1]

Chimnechild of Burgundy
Queen of Austrasia
Tenure647 -
Diedaf. 676
SpouseSigebert III
IssueBilichild
Dagobert II

She was the mother of Bilichild and possibly of Dagobert II.[2] When Childebert the Adopted died, she opposed the succession of Theuderic III and arranged a marriage between her daughter and Childeric II, whose succession she supported.

References
  1. Christian Bouyer, Dictionnaire des Reines de France, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1992 (ISBN 2-262-00789-6)
  2. Wood, Ian (2012). Królestwa Merowingów 450 – 751. Władza – społeczeństwo – kultura (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. pp. 245–246, 373. ISBN 978-83-01-16943-5.
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