Sichilde
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Sichilde was a Frankish queen consort in 618–627; married to Clotaire II
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She was the daughter of count Brunulphe II of the Ardennes
and the sister of Gomatrude (598–630), who was married to Dagobert I
; her maternal grandfather was royal maior domus. She married Clotaire in about 618. In 626 or 627, she was suspected of having had a relationship with Boso, son of Audolène of Etampes, and Boso was killed by the duke Arnebert on the order of Clotaire.
Clotaire II
Chlothar II , called the Great or the Young , King of Neustria, and, from 613 to 629, King of all the Franks, was not yet born when his father, King Chilperic I died in 584...
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She was the daughter of count Brunulphe II of the Ardennes
Ardennes
The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and ridges formed within the Givetian Ardennes mountain range, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel...
and the sister of Gomatrude (598–630), who was married to Dagobert I
Dagobert I
Dagobert I was the king of Austrasia , king of all the Franks , and king of Neustria and Burgundy . He was the last Merovingian dynast to wield any real royal power...
; her maternal grandfather was royal maior domus. She married Clotaire in about 618. In 626 or 627, she was suspected of having had a relationship with Boso, son of Audolène of Etampes, and Boso was killed by the duke Arnebert on the order of Clotaire.