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| ID |
5590 |
| Text |
Origo Gentis Langobardorum (640 - 680) Anonymous - Other |
| Quotation |
Wacho habuit uxores tres: Raicundam, filia Fisud regis Turingorum; et poste accepit uxorem Austrigusa, filiam Gippidorum; et habuit Wacho de Austrigusa filias duas, nomen unae Wisigarda, quam tradidit in matrimonium Theudipert regis Francorum; et nomen secundae Walderada, quam habuit uxorem Scusuald rex Francorum, quam odio habens, tradidit eam Garipald in uxorem. Filia regis Herulorum tertiam uxorem habuit nomen Silinga; de ipsa habuit filium nomine Waltari. |
| Translation |
Wacho had three wives: (first) Raicunda, daughter of Fisud king of the Turingi. After her he took as his wife Austrigusa, a girl of the Gippidi. And Wacho had from Austrigusa two daughters: the name of one was Wisigarda whom he gave in marriage to Theudipert king of the Franks, and the name of the second was Walderada whom Scusuald king of the Franks, but having her in hatred he transferred her to Garipald for a wife. He had as his third wife the daughter of the king of the Heruli, Silinga by name. From her he had a son, Waltari by name.
(W.D. Foukes, trans., E. Peters, ed., Origo gentis langobardorum (1974), p. 318) |
| Summary |
Here the Origo details the wives and children of King Wacho, which reveals how the Langobards were also connected politically with other peoples. His first wife, Raicunda, was daughter of the king of the Turingi; his second wife Austrigusa, daughter of the king of the Franks; and his third wife, Silinga, daughter of the king of the Heruli, whom he had previously defeated. The Origo also mentions his two daughters by his second wife, Wisigarda and Walderada, and his son Waltari who becomes king after him. |
| Quotation source |
MGH, Scriptores rer. Lang. et Ital., 1, 1878 (L. Bethmann & G. Waitz), pp. 4 |
| Temporal Coverage |
510 - 539 |
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