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- ↑ Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks, Volume 2, Clarendon Press, 1927, p. 507, n.5
- ↑ Wood, Ian. The Merovingian Kingdoms 450 - 751, Routledge, 2014, p. 361 ISBN 9781317871163
- ↑ Gábor Klaniczay, Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2000, 67–68. ISBN 0-521-42018-0
