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Guntram I and Childebert II
A depiction of King Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592) conferring with his nephew and heir King Childebert II of Austrasia (r. 575-596).

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Statue of Guntram I of Orléans
King Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592), later statue located on the left part of the entrance to the Basilica of St. Clotilde in Paris.

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Conversation between King Guntram I and his Nephew King Childebert II
A conversation between King Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592) and his nephew and heir King Childebert II of Austrasia (r. 575-596), artwork by Jean Fouquet from the manuscript Grandes Chroniques de France (Français 6465, fol. 45v.), c. 1455...

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Gundovald is Killed for His Treason
Gundovald Ballomer is killed for his treason, after being besieged by an army send by King Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592), illustration from a 15th-century manuscript by an unknown author.
National Library of France, Paris.

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Guntram I of Orléans Coin
A tremissis bearing the effigy of Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592), minted at Chalon-sur-Saône.
National Library of France

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The Judgement of Chilperic
The Judgement of King Chilperic I, a depiction of Chilperic (r. 561-584) at the trial of Bishop Prætextatus of Rouen, as described by Gregory of Tours in Book V of his History of the Franks. Painting by Jean-Paul Laurens, 19th century.

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Chilperic I
A 19th-century imagined portrait of King Chilperic I of Neustria (l. c. 539-584), oil on canvas by Atala Stamaty, Madame Augustin Varcollier, 1837.
Palace of Versailles.

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Gregory of Tours Listening to King Chilperic's Poetry
Gregory of Tours is forced to listen to the bad poetry of King Chilperic I (r. 561-584) of Neustria. Illustratuon by Jean-Paul Laurensfor the work of Augustin Thierry, Récits des temps mérovingiens (Paris, 1881).

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Murder of Queen Galswinth
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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King Chilperic Murders his Wife Galswinth
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.