Godinus

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Godinus (or Godin) was a Merovingian noble who succeeded his father Warnachar as mayor of the palace of Burgundy in 626 and held that post until 627.^[1] He married his stepmother Bertha (or Bertane) and the king, Clotaire II, hunted him down for this.^[1] He fled to the court of Dagobert I, the king's son, in Austrasia, but Clotaire found him in Chartres and executed him.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 3 Fox 2014, p. 104.
↑ "FRANKS, merovingian nobility". Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved November 12, 2025.

Sources

Wallace-Hadrill, John Michael (1960): The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar, Nelson, p. 44
Fox, Yaniv (2014). Power and Religion in Merovingian Gaul: Columbanian Monasticism and the Formation of the Frankish Aristocracy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107587649.

Preceded by

Warnachar

Mayor of the Palace of Burgundy
626–627

Succeeded by

Brodulf

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[FOOTNOTEFox2014104-1] 1 2 3 Fox 2014, p. 104.

[2] "FRANKS, merovingian nobility". Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved November 12, 2025.

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