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Ultragotha
Statue de la reine Ultrogothe - portail de Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois.jpg
Drawing of the statue of the queen Ultrogothe on the portal of the church
Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
Queen of the Franks
Born	510
Died	after 566
Spouse	Childebert I
Issue	Chrodoberge
Chrodesinde
Dynasty	Merovingian
Religion	Nicene Christianity
Ultragotha[1] (or Ultrogothe), 510 - after 566/567, was a Frankish queen of
the Merovingian dynasty via her marriage to Childebert I, reigning from
c.541-558. They had two daughters, possibly named Chrodoberge and
Chrodesinde.[2]

When Childebert died in 558, his brother Clotaire I seized his kingdom and
took control of the Palais de la Cité in Paris, where the royal treasures and
the family of the deceased were. According to Gregory of Tours, he then
condemned Ultrogotha and the two daughters to prison. Upon reuniting the
kingdom of Clovis, Clotaire I freed them; the daughters likely became nuns.[3]
She died in around 567 and was buried in the St-Germain-des-Prés along with
Childebert.[4] The two daughters are also buried there.

In 580, again according to Gregory of Tours, Ultrogotha's former Chancellor,
Ursicinus, was chosen by Maurilio, bishop of Cahors, as his successor.[5]
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