Ermenberga

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Ermenberga
Queen consort of Burgundy
Tenure606 – 607
Spouse Theuderic II
Father Witteric

Ermenberga (fl. 606/607) was a Visigoth princess, a daughter of the king of Spain, Witteric [1] [2]

Marriage

In 606 she married Theuderic II, the Frankish king of Burgundy. [3]

Soon after the marriage, she was repudiated by Theuderic, supposedly at the insistence of Brunhilda of Austrasia, Theuderic's grandmother, who may have seen Ermenberga as a challenge to her power. [1] [4] [5] Brunhilda, who wielded significant control over the kingdom and grandson, was even accused by some chroniclers - such as Aimoin - of using magic to sway Theuderic away from Ermenberga. [6]

Some chronicles claim that Theuderic kept Ermenberga's dowry when he sent her back to Spain. [7] [8] Her eventual fate is uncertain. Her father Witteric, furious at this repudiation, attempted to form a military alliance against his former son-in-law, but failed. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 GarcÍa Moreno, Luis A. (2008). "Prosopography, Nomenclature, and Royal Succession in the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo" . Journal of Late Antiquity. 1 (1): 142–156. doi:10.1353/jla.0.0002. ISSN   1942-1273. S2CID   201793522.
  2. ↑ Cudorge, Justine (2022). "Women's quarters, an influential and political pole: a study of the Frankish inner-court (6th -7th century)". Royal Studies Journal. 9 (1): 18–32. doi: 10.21039/rsj.345 .
  3. ↑ Bouyer, Christian Bouyer, Dictionnaire des Reines de France, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1992 ( ISBN   2-262-00789-6), p. 73
  4. ↑ Diem, Albrecht (July 2007). "Monks, Kings, and the Transformation of Sanctity: Jonas of Bobbio and the End of the Holy Man" . Speculum. 82 (3): 521–559. doi:10.1017/S0038713400010241. ISSN   0038-7134. S2CID   163124468.
  5. ↑ Nelson, Janet L. (January 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. ISSN   0143-0459.
  6. ↑ Rider, Catherine (2006-01-26). Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages. OUP Oxford. ISBN   978-0-19-153604-5.
  7. ↑ Murray, Alexander Callander (1999-08-01). From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-1-4426-0413-1.
  8. ↑ James, Edward (1980). Visigothic Spain: New Approaches. Clarendon Press. ISBN   978-0-19-822543-0.
  9. ↑ Halfond, Gregory I. (January 2015). "The Endorsement of Royal-Episcopal Collaboration in the Fredegar Chronica" . Traditio. 70: 1–28. doi:10.1017/S0362152900012320. ISSN   0362-1529. S2CID   147271594.
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