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Brunhilda of Austrasia
Queen of Austrasia
Galswintha
Galswintha (540–568) was a queen consort of Neustria. She was the daughter of Athanagild, Visigothic king of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal), and Goiswintha. Galswintha was the sister of Brunhilda—queen consort of Austrasia—and the wife of Chilperic I, the Merovingian king of Neustria. Galswintha was probably murdered at the urging of Chilperic's former concubine Fredegund (and then later wife), instigating a 40-year civil war within the Merovingian kingdom.
Amalafrida
Amalafrida (; before 475 – fl. 523) was queen of the Vandals by marriage to Thrasamund. She was the daughter of Theodemir, king of the Ostrogoths, and his wife Erelieva. She was the sister of Theodoric the Great, and mother of Theodahad, both of whom also were kings of the Ostrogoths.
Audofleda
Audofleda ( – ), was a Gothic queen of the Ostrogothic Kingdom by marriage to Theoderic the Great.
Goiswintha
Goiswintha or Goisuintha (died 588) was a Visigothic queen consort of Hispania and Septimania. She was the wife of two kings, Athanagild and Liuvigild. The Visigothic Kingdom during the late 6th century was going through a period of political and religious transformation. Located on the Iberian Peninsula, the kingdom incorporated many Roman traditions, laws, and religious practices as much of their population was Catholic, while the ruling elite were still Arian Christian. As queen, Goiswintha played a crucial role in the religious conflicts between Arians and Catholics. Goiswintha's actions,
Shirin
Shirin (; died 628) was wife of the Sasanian emperor Khosrow II (). In the revolution after the death of Khosrow's father Hormizd IV, the General Bahram Chobin took power over the Persian empire. Shirin fled with Khosrow to Syria, where they lived under the protection of Byzantine emperor Maurice.
Aregund
Aregund, Aregunda, Arnegund, Aregonda, or Arnegonda ( 515/520–580) was a Frankish queen. She is the earliest known queen of Francia.
Waldrada
530-570
Amalaberga
Amalaberga (fl. 531), was a queen consort of Thüringhia. She was the daughter of Amalafrida, daughter of Theodemir, king of the Ostrogoths.
Clotilde
daughter of King Clovis I of the Franks and Queen Clotilde; wife of the Visigothic King Amalaric
Ingund
Ingonde, Ingund, Ingunda, or (in Latin) Ingundis ( 499 in Thuringia – 546) was a queen of the Franks by marriage to Chlothar I, son of Clovis.
Ingund
567-585
Guntheuc
Guntheuc (also spelled Gondioc) ( 495 – 532) was a Frankish queen consort. She was first married to King Chlodomer and later to his younger brother, King Chlothar I.
Ingoberga
Ingoberga ( 520/535 – 589 in Tours) was a Frankish queen consort, the first wife of the Frankish king Charibert I.
Gordiya
thumb|Illustration of Gordiya in the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp Gordiya (also spelled Gurdiya and Kurdiyah) was an influential Iranian noblewoman from the House of Mihran, who was first the sister-wife of the distinguished military leader Bahram Chobin, then the wife of the Ispahbudhan dynast Vistahm, and ultimately the wife of the last prominent Sasanian emperor, Khosrow II.
Wisigard
Wisigard ( 510 – 540) or Wisigardis was a Frankish Queen by marriage to Theudebert.
Theodegotha
thumb|right|Coin featuring Alaric II Theodegotha (5th century – 502) was a Visigoth queen consort by marriage to king Alaric II (494–507). She was the daughter of Theodoric the Great.
Rodelinde
wife of Langobardian king Audoin
Radegunda
Raicunda (? - 512), also known as Radikunda, Radegunda or Ranikunda was a Lombardic queen consort.
Ostrogotho
Ostrogotho ( 480 – before 516) was the daughter of the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great, and the wife of the Burgundian king Sigismund.
Menia
Menia (fl. c. 500) was the queen of the Thuringians by marriage and the earliest named ancestor of the Gausian dynasty of the Lombards. She became a legendary figure after her death, strongly associated with gold and wealth.
Marcova
Marcovefa (6th-century – fl. 561) was a Frankish queen consort by marriage to King Charibert I.
Theodechilde
Theudechild ( 540 – 570) was a Frankish queen consort by marriage to king Charibert I.
Caretene
Carétène (also Caretena) (born died September 16, 506) was the wife of Gundobad, king of the Burgundians. Unlike her husband, who was an Arian, Carétène was a Catholic. She was probably the mother of Sigismund of Burgundy.
Baddo
Queen consort of the Visigothic Kingdom
Meroflede
Merofleda (6th-century – fl. 561) was a Frankish queen consort by marriage to king Charibert I.