Ingoberga
Ingoberga (* around 520; † 589 in Tours ) was the first wife of the Frankish king Charibert I. Her origin is unknown, but a noble family is assumed.
Ingoberga and Charibert were probably the parents of Bertha , later wife of King Æthelberht of Kent and initiator of the Christian mission among the Anglo-Saxons .
Ingoberga and Charibert's marriage broke up, she went to a monastery in Tours , where she became a confidante of the chronicler Gregory of Tours . Before her death at around 70, she donated her fortune to churches in Tours (especially Saint-Martin de Tours ) and the church in Le Mans . Likewise, she is said to have released unfree from her power of disposal.
literature
- Eugen Ewig , Hartmut Atsma , Matthias Becher , Theo Kölzer : Late Antique and Franconian Gaul. Volume 1. Thorbecke, 1976. ISBN 3799572988 . P. 228
- Martina Hartmann : The queen in the early Middle Ages. Kohlhammer, 2009. ISBN 9783170184732 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hartmann 2009, p. 72
- ↑ Hartmann 2009, p. 72
- ↑ Bruno Krusch , Wilhelm Levison (ed.): Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum 1,1: Gregorii Turonensis Opera. Part 1: Libri historiarum X. Hannover 1937, p. 445 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
- ↑ Hartmann 2009, p. 169
- ↑ Theo Kölzer (Ed.): Diplomata 3: The documents of the Merovingians. 2nd part Hannover 2001, p. 666 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
- ↑ Hartmann 2009, p. 72
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ingoberga |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Frankish queen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | at 520 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 589 |
| Place of death | Tours |