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Nanthilde (610-642)
Name: | Nanthilde 1 |
Sex: | Female |
Father: | - |
Mother: | - |
Individual Events and Attributes
Birth | 0610 | |
Occupation | frm 0629 to 0639 (age 18-29) | Queen Consort of the Franks |
Death | 0642 (age 31-32) | Burgundy |
Burial | Saint Denis Basilica |
Marriage
Detail of Dagobert's tomb, thirteenth century | Dagobert's tomb at Saint-Denis, remade in the thirteenth century | "Throne of Dagobert", bronze. The base, formed by a curule chair, is traditionally attributed to Dagobert, | Contemporary effigy of Dagobert from a gold triens minted at Uzès (1.24g), Monnaie de Paris | ||||
Tomb of Clovis II (foreground) and Charles Martel in Saint Denis Basilica | ||
Spouse | Dagobert I OF THE FRANKS (604-639) | |
Children | Clovis II OF NEUSTRIA (634-657) |
Individual Note
Nanthild (c. 610 – 642), also known as Nantéchilde, Nanthechilde, Nanthildis, Nanthilde, or Nantechildis, was a Frankish queen consort and regent, the third of many consorts of Dagobert I, king of the Franks (629–639).
She was of Saxon lineage, born about 608 or 610. The Lexikon des Mittelalters calls her ein Mädchen aus dem Dienstpersonal ("a maiden of the royal [ Austrasian ] household"). Her elevation to consort may have given importance to her relatives: her brother Lanthegisel was an important landowner in the Limousin and a relation of Aldegisel. Dagobert set aside his wife Gomatrud to marry her, ca. 629; to her was born Clovis II, second eldest of Dagobert's surviving sons and the one who succeeded him in Neustria and Burgundy. After Dagobert's death in January 639, she was initially regent for her son, accompanied by Aega, mayor of the Neustrian palace and an opponent of the powerful contingent of nobles headed by Burgundofaro whose seat was at Meaux.
In the interest of reducing noble Burgundian independence of the Merovingian palace, she married her niece Ragnoberta to the Frank Flaochad and had the magnates and bishops of the realm of Burgundy acclaim him mayor of the palace at Orléans in 642. Soon she died at Landry in what was then Burgundy, where she had long resided; her body was translated to the Saint Denis Basilica. Her untimely death allowed her son to fall under the influence of the nobility, who abhorred a strong royal hand.
SOURCES:
Fredegar's Chronicle, book IV
Geary, Patrick J., 1998. Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press)
Wood, Ian, 1994. The Merovingian Kingdoms. 450-751 (London)
Lexikon des Mittelalters vol. VI.10182
Sources
1 | Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 217, 240A-7. |
2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanthild. |