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- ↑ Karl August Eckhardt (1975). Studia Merovingica (in German). Witzenhausen.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Nelson, Janet L. (1978). "Queens as Jezebels: The Careers of Brunhild and Balthild in Merovingian History". Studies in Church History. Subsidia. 1: 31–77. doi:10.1017/S0143045900000338.
- ↑ Geaman, Kristen Lee (2013). Childless queens and child-like kings: negotiating royal infertility in England, 1382-1471 (Thesis). doi:10.25549/usctheses-c3-258297.[ page needed ]
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