Raicunda

Raicunda (also Radikunda , Radegunda or Ranikunda; † 512 ) was a daughter of the Thuringian king Bisin and the Longobard Menia .

She had three brothers known by name, Herminafried , Berthachar and Baderich , who divided up the empire among themselves after the death of their father. Raicunda went to the Longobard Empire with her mother. There she married the Longobard king Wacho around 510 , but died shortly afterwards and remained childless.

literature

Michael Kirchschlager : Runibergun. From the Kingdom of Thuringia . Verlag Kirchschlager, Arnstadt 2009, ISBN 978-3-934277-27-4 , p. 23 (on King Bisin)
Helmut Castritius , Dieter Geuenich , Matthias Werner (ed.): The early days of the Thuringians. Archeology, language, history (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Supplementary volume No. 63). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021454-3 .

Remarks

↑ Not to be confused with Radegundis († 587).
↑ Cf. Jörg Jarnut : Thuringians and Longobards in the 6th and early 7th centuries . In: Helmut Castritius, Dieter Geuenich, Matthias Werner (ed.): The early days of the Thuringians. Archeology, language, history (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Supplementary volume 63). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021454-3 , p. 279.

personal data
SURNAME	Raicunda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Radikunda; Radegunda; Ranikunda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Daughter of the Thuringian king Bisin and the Longobard Menia
DATE OF BIRTH	5th century
DATE OF DEATH	512

[1] Not to be confused with Radegundis († 587).

[2] Cf. Jörg Jarnut : Thuringians and Longobards in the 6th and early 7th centuries . In: Helmut Castritius, Dieter Geuenich, Matthias Werner (ed.): The early days of the Thuringians. Archeology, language, history (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Supplementary volume 63). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021454-3 , p. 279.