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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Nanthild
| image        = Clovis II and Nanthild.jpg
| succession   = [[List of Frankish queens|Queen of Neustria and Burgundy]]
| reign        = c. 629 - 19 January 639
| consort      = yes
| spouse       = [[Dagobert I]]
| issue        = [[Clovis II]]
| birth_date   = c. 610
| birth_place  =
| death_date   = 642
| death_place  = [[Landry, Savoie|Landry]], [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]
| burial_place = [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]]
| signature    =
}}
'''Nanthild''' (c. 610 – 642), also known as ''Nantéchilde'', ''Nanthechilde'', ''Nanthildis'', ''Nanthilde'', or ''Nantechildis'', was a Frankish queen consort and regent, the third of many consorts of [[Dagobert I]], [[king of the Franks]] (629–639). She was regent during the minority of her son from 639 until 642.
==Life==
She was of [[Saxon people|Saxon]] lineage, born about 608 or 610. The ''Lexikon des Mittelalters'' calls her ''ein Mädchen aus dem Dienstpersonal'' ("a maiden of the royal [ [[Austrasia]]n ] household"). Her elevation to consort may have given importance to her relatives: her brother Lanthegisel was an important landowner in the  [[Limousin (province)|Limousin]] and a relation of Aldegisel. Dagobert set aside his wife [[Gomentrude]] to marry her, ca. 629; to her was born [[Clovis II]], second eldest of Dagobert's surviving sons and the one who succeeded him in [[Neustria]] and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]].
After Dagobert's death in January 639, she was initially [[regent]] for her son, accompanied by [[Aega (Mayor of the Palace)|Aega]], mayor of the Neustrian palace and an opponent of the powerful contingent of nobles headed by [[Burgundofaro]] whose seat was at [[Meaux]].
In the interest of reducing noble Burgundian independence of the [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] palace, she married her niece Ragnoberta to the Frank [[Flaochad]] and had the magnates and bishops of the realm of Burgundy acclaim him [[mayor of the palace]] at [[Orléans]] in 642.
Soon she died at [[Landry, Savoy|Landry]] in what was then Burgundy, where she had long resided; her body was translated to the [[Saint Denis Basilica]]. It is likely that she was poisoned or secretly murdered, as her untimely death allowed her son to fall under the influence of the nobility, who abhorred a strong royal hand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yazaroku.com/fguncel/taha-kivanc/26-04-2011/rtib-efendi-gunumuzu-yorumluyor/338445/.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 February 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323065327/http://www.yazaroku.com/fguncel/taha-kivanc/26-04-2011/rtib-efendi-gunumuzu-yorumluyor/338445/.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[[Fredegar]]'s Chronicle, book IV
*Geary, Patrick J.,  1998. ''Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World'' (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press)
*Wood, Ian,  1994. ''The Merovingian Kingdoms. 450-751''  (London)
*[http://www.mittelalter-genealogie.de/_voelkerwanderung/n/nantechildis_koenigin_642/nantechildis_frankenkoenigin_642.html ''Lexikon des Mittelalters'' vol. VI.1018]
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