Ingonde, Ingund, Ingunda, or (in Latin) Ingundis ( 499 in

Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

– 546) was a queen of the

Franks file:Frankish arms.JPG, Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks ( or ; ; ) were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine river, Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which wa ...

by marriage to Chlothar I, son of Clovis. She was the daughter of King Baderic of

(c. 480 – c. 529). She became concubine to Chlothar in c.517, before his marriage in c. 524 to

Guntheuc Guntheuc (also spelled Gondioc) ( 495 – 532) was a Frankish queen consort. She was first married to King Chlodomer and later to his younger brother, King Chlothar I. Life Guntheuc may have been of Burgundian origin and the granddaughter of ...

, widow of Chlothar's brother

Chlodomer Chlodomer, also spelled Clodomir or Clodomer (c. 495 - 524) was the second of the four sons of Clovis I, King of the Franks. History Clodomir was the eldest son of Clovis and his wife, Clotilde. On the death of his father, in 511, he divided ...

."...and Clothar immediately married his brother's wife, Guntheuca by name." This brought Chlothar access to Chlodomer's treasury.Grégoire de Tours, Histoire, livre III, 6. On Guntheuc's death in 532, Chlothar married Ingund. During their long relationship they had six children, four of whom would become kings or queen:"The king had ... by Ingunda, Gunthar, Childeric, Charibert, Gunthram, Sigibert, and a daughter Chlotsinda;" * Gonthaire or Gonthier, in Latin Gunthacharius, born around 517, died after 532. He took part around 532 in a military campaign led in

Septimania Septimania is a historical region in modern-day southern France. It referred to the western part of the Roman province of '' Gallia Narbonensis'' that passed to the control of the Visigoths in 462, when Septimania was ceded to their king, Theod ...

; * Charibert I (or Caribert; circa 521-567), king of Paris from 561 to 567; *

Guntram Saint Gontrand ( 532 in Soissons – 28 March 592 in Chalon-sur-Saône), also called Gontran, Gontram, Guntram, Gunthram, Gunthchramn, and Guntramnus, was the king of the Kingdom of Orléans from AD 561 to AD 592. He was the third-eldest and seco ...

(or Gontran; around 533-592), King of Burgundy from 561 to 592, King of Paris from 584 to 592; *

Sigebert I Sigebert I ( 535 – 575) was a Frankish king of Austrasia from the death of his father in 561 to his own death. He was the third surviving son out of four of Clotaire I and Ingund. His reign found him mostly occupied with a successful civil ...

(circa 535-575), king of Austrasia from 561 to 575. * Childeric (possibly Childebert or Childericus ), died before 561; * Clodoswinthe, died before 567. She became Queen of the Lombards by marrying King

Alboin Alboin (530s – 28 June 572) was List of kings of the Lombards, king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migration period, migrations by settling in Kingdom of the Lombards, Italy, the northern ...

, son of Aldoin . Shortly after their marriage (c. 533–538) Ingund requested of Chlothar that he find a husband worthy of her sister, Aregund.

Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours (born ; 30 November – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history". He was a prelate in the Merovingian kingdom, encom ...

, ''Decem Libri Historiarum'', IV.3; translated by Lewis Thorpe, ''History of the Franks'' (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974), p. 197f."I beg that you consent to find a husband for my sister" Finding no one suitable, Chlothar took Aregund as one of his own wives in a polygamous marriage."To this request he gave heed and being of a wanton nature he fell in love with Aregunda and went to the estate on which she was living and married her himself." Ingund did not object to this arrangement;"Let my Lord do what seems good in his eyes" Aregund remained his wife until Ingund's death in 546, after which she fell out of favor with Chlothar.Grégoire de Tours, ''Histoire'', livre IV, 3.

Primary references from Gregory of Tours

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