Early Germanic women

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Queen Fritigil (, alternatively spelled Fritigils) ruled the Marcomanni, a Germanic tribe then settled in Pannonia (modern-day eastern Austria and western Hungary). As the last documented ruler of this people, she governed from what is believed to have been a royal seat in present-day Burgenland, Austria. Fritigil's historical significance stems from three key aspects: her correspondence with St. Ambrose of Milan, her conversion from Arian to Nicene Christianity, and her successful negotiation of a peace treaty with Rome - the final recorded agreement between the Marcomanni and the Empire.

Pipara or Pipa (3rd century AD) was the daughter of , king of the Marcomanni in present-day Bohemia. She is notable for having a love affair with the emperor Gallienus, having been given to him by Attalus as a tool of appeasement. Attalus' invasion was one of many foreign invasions, contributing to the crisis of the third century.