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See also:BRUNHILDA (Brunechildis) , See also:queen of See also:Austrasia (d. 613), was a daughter of See also:Athanagild, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the Visigoths. In 567 she was asked in See also:marriage by See also:Sigebert, who was reigning at See also:Metz. She now abjured Arianism and was converted to the orthodox faith, and the See also:union was celebrated at Metz; on which occasion See also:Fortunatus, an See also:Italian poet, who was then at the Frankish See also:court, composed the See also:epithalamium. See also:Chilperic, See also:brother of Sigebert, and king of the wet Frankish See also:kingdom, jealous of the renown which this marriage brought to his See also:elder brother, hastened to ask the See also:hand of Galswintha, See also:sister of Brunhilda; but at the instigation of his See also:mistress See also:Fredegond, he assassinated his wife. Sigebert was anxious to avenge his sister-in-See also:law, but on the intervention of See also:Guntram, he accepted the See also:compensation offered by Chilperic, namely the cities of See also:Bordeaux, See also:Cahors and See also:Limoges, with See also:Beam and Bigorre.
This treaty did not prevent See also:war soon again breaking out between Sigebert and Chilperic. So See also:long as her See also:husband lived, Brunhilda played a secondary See also:part, but having been made See also:captive by Chilperic after her husband's assassination (575),she succeeded in escaping from her See also:prison at See also:Rouen, after a See also:series of extra-See also:ordinary adventures, by means of a marriage with Merovech, the son of her conqueror. From this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time on, she took the See also:lead; in Austrasia she engaged in a desperate struggle against the nobles, who wished to govern in the name of her son See also:Childebert II.; but she was worsted in the conflict and for some time had to seek See also:refuge in See also:Burgundy. After the See also:death of Childebert II. (597) she aspired to govern Austrasia and Burgundy in the name of her grandsons Theudebert and Theuderich II. She was expelled from Austrasia, and then stirred up Theuderich II. against his brother, whom he defeated at See also:Toul and Tolbiac, and put to death. Theuderich II. died shortly after this victory, and Brunhilda caused one of her See also:great-grandchildren to be proclaimed king. The nobles of Austrasia and Burgundy, however, now summoned See also:Clotaire II., son of Fredegond, and king of See also:Neustria, to help them against the queen. Brunhilda was given up to him, and died a terrible death, being dragged at the heels of a See also:wild See also:horse (613).
Brunhilda seems to have had See also:political ideas, and to have wished to attain to the royal See also:power. She was a protectress of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, and See also:Pope See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory I. (590-604) addressed a series of letters to her, in which he showered praises upon her. She took it upon herself, however, to supervise the bishoprics and monasteries, and came into conflict with See also:Columban (Columbanus), See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of Luxeuil. As Brunhilda was a great queen, tradition ascribes to her the construction of many old castles, and a number of old See also:Roman roads are also known by the name of Chaussees de Brunehaut.
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