King Chilperic Murders his Wife Galswinth

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Harrison W. Mark
by Unknown Artist
published on 21 February 2023
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Chilperic I (r. 561-584) strangles his wife, Queen Galswinth, in her bed. Illustration from the Grandes Chroniques de France, between 1375-1380.

National Library of France, Paris.

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