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Emma was a daughter of the Frankish king Theudebert II, who ruled Austrasia from 595 to 612. He had previously shown little interest in the Kingdom of Kent , but Gregory the Great had written to him in 601, encouraging him to back Paulinus and Mellitus ' missionary campaign, which was to be based in Canterbury .
Austrasia was the northeastern kingdom within the core of the Frankish Empire during the Early Middle Ages, centring on the Meuse, Middle Rhine and the Moselle rivers. It included the original Frankish-ruled territories within what had been the northernmost part of Roman Gaul , and cities such as Cologne , Trier and Metz .
Theudebert II (French: Thibert or Théodebert) (c.585–612), [1] King of Austrasia (595–612 AD), was the son and heir of Childebert II. He received the kingdom of Austrasia plus the cities (civitates) of Poitiers, Tours, Le Puy-en-Velay, Bordeaux, and Châteaudun, as well as the Champagne, the Auvergne, and Transjurane Alemannia.
Emma of Austrasia (fl. 7th century), daughter of Theudebert II and possibly wife of Eadbald of Kent Emma of Normandy (c. 985–1052), twice Queen consort of the Kingdom of England by marriage Queen Emma of Hawaii (1836–1885), queen to King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863
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Bilichild (died 610) was a queen of Austrasia by marriage to Theudebert II.. She was bought from the slave market by Brunhilda of Austrasia.In 1979, Alfred Friese hypothesised that she was related to Duke Gisulf I of Friuli, whose two daughters were captured and enslaved, only for one to be married to a Bavarian prince and the other to an Alaman prince.
Fredegund has traditionally been given a rather poor reputation, foremost by the accounts of Gregory of Tours, who depicts her as ruthlessly murderous and sadistically cruel, and she is known for the many stories of her cruelty, particularly for her long feud with her sister-in-law queen Brunhilda of Austrasia.
Childebrand I (c. 678 – 743 or 751) was a Frankish duke (dux), son of Pepin of Heristal and Alpaida, and brother of Charles Martel. [1] [2] [3] He was born in Autun, where he later died.