Murder of Queen Galswinth

Illustration

Harrison W. Mark
by Eugène Philastre
published on 21 February 2023
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Queen Galswinth, wife of King Chilperic I of Neustria (r. 561-584) is strangled in her bed by a servant, while Chilperic himself looks on. Painting probably by Eugène Philastre, 1846.

Museum of Soissons.

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