Editing Ingund

{{for|the wife of the Visigothic prince|Ingund (wife of Hermenegild)}}{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Ingund
| succession   = [[List of Frankish queens|Queen consort of the Franks]]
| birth_date   = {{circa}} 499
| birth_place  = [[Thuringia]]
| death_date   = 546
| consort      = yes
| spouse       = [[Chlothar I]]
| issue        = Gonthaire<br>[[Charibert I]]<br>[[Guntram]]<br>[[Sigebert I]]<br>Childeric<br>Clodoswinthe, Queen of the Lombards
| house        = [[Merovingian dynasty]]
| father       = [[Baderic|King Baderic of Thuringia]]
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'''Ingonde''', '''Ingund''', '''Ingunda''', or (in Latin) '''Ingundis''' ({{circa}} 499 in [[Thuringia]] – 546) was a queen of the [[Franks]] by marriage to [[Chlothar I]], son of [[Clovis I|Clovis]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Settipani |first=Christian |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29856008 |title=La préhistoire des Capétiens, 481-987 |date=1993 |publisher=P. Van Kerrebrouck |others=Patrick van Kerrebrouck |isbn=2-9501509-3-4 |location=Villeneuve d'Ascq |oclc=29856008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lejeune |first=Paule |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21003022 |title=Les reines de France |date=1989 |publisher=Vernal/P. Lebaud |isbn=2-86594-042-X |location=[Paris] |pages=29–30 |oclc=21003022}}</ref><ref>[[Christian Bouyer]], ''Les reines de France, dictionnaire chronologique'', Éditions Perrin, Paris, 1992.</ref>

She was the daughter of King [[Baderic]] of [[Thuringia]] (c. 480 – c. 529). She became concubine to Chlothar in c.517,<ref>Gregory of Tours IV.3, pp. 197-8. </ref> before his marriage in c. 524 to [[Guntheuc]], widow of Chlothar's brother [[Chlodomer]].<ref group=Tours>"...and Clothar immediately married his brother's wife, Guntheuca by name."</ref> This brought Chlothar access to Chlodomer's treasury.<ref name="Tours">Grégoire de Tours, Histoire, livre III, 6.</ref> On Guntheuc's death in 532, Chlothar married Ingund. During their long relationship they had six children, four of whom would become kings or queen:<ref group=Tours>"The king had ... by Ingunda, Gunthar, Childeric, Charibert, Gunthram, Sigibert, and a daughter Chlotsinda;"</ref>

* Gonthaire or Gonthier, in Latin Gunthacharius, born around 517, died after 532. He took part around 532 in a military campaign led in [[Septimania]];
* [[Charibert I]] (or Caribert; circa 521-567), king of Paris from 561 to 567;
* [[Guntram]] (or Gontran; around 533-592), King of Burgundy from 561 to 592, King of Paris from 584 to 592;
* [[Sigebert I]] (circa 535-575), king of Austrasia from 561 to 575.

* Childeric (possibly Childebert or Childericus ), died before 561;
* Clodoswinthe, died before 567. She became Queen of the Lombards by marrying King [[Alboin]], son of Aldoin .

Shortly after their marriage (c. 533–538) Ingund requested of Chlothar that he find a husband worthy of her sister, [[Aregund]].<ref>[[Gregory of Tours]], ''Decem Libri Historiarum'', IV.3; translated by [[Lewis Thorpe]], ''History of the Franks'' (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974), p. 197f.</ref><ref group=Tours>"I beg that you consent to find a husband for my sister"</ref> Finding no one suitable, Chlothar took Aregund as one of his own wives in a polygamous marriage.<ref group=Tours>"To this request he gave heed and being of a wanton nature he fell in love with Aregunda and went to the estate on which she was living and married her himself."</ref> Ingund did not object to this arrangement;<ref group=Tours>"Let my Lord do what seems good in his eyes"</ref> Aregund remained his wife until Ingund's death in 546, after which she fell out of favor with Chlothar.<ref name="IV,3">Grégoire de Tours, ''Histoire'', livre IV, 3.</ref>

== Primary references from Gregory of Tours ==
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