Ragnagild, Visigoth queen consort

Biography

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Ragnagild (5th-century – fl. 485) was a Visigoth queen consort by marriage to king Euric (466–484).[1]

Ragnagild is known from the work of Sidonius Apollinaris to have acted as the patron of poets and artists. She could speak Latin, was apparently educated, and she is speculated to have had influence over state affairs.[2]

Family

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE.htm#EuricA

EURIC, son of THEODERIC I King of the Visigoths & his [wife/concubine] --- ([after 435]-Arles [Dec] 484).

He died a natural death, unlike all his predecessors. The Chronicon Albeldense records that “Euricus” reigned for 26 years and died “Arelate” under Emperor Zeno[110]. The Chronica Regum Visigotthorum records that “Euricus” reigned for 15, otherwise 17, years[111]. m (before [458]%29 RAGNAHILD, daughter of King ---. Sidonius names "reginæ Ragnahildæ" in a letter which also refers to her young son[112].

King Euric and [his wife] had one son:

1. ALARIC ([458]-killed in battle Poitiers late summer 507). m ([494][122]%29 THEODEGOTHA [Thiudigotho] the Ostrogoth,

References

1. Martindale J. R. Ragnahilda // Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire / A. M. Jones, J. R. Martindale. — Cambridge University Press, 1980. — Vol. II: A.D. 395–527. — P. 935. — ISBN 0-521-20159-4
2. Isla Frez A. Reinas de los Godos // Hispania. — 2004. — Vol. LXIV/2, № 217. — P. 409—434.