Galswintha

Galswintha
The strangling of Galswintha by Chilperic I
Queen consort of Neustria (Soissons)
Reign	567 - 568
Born	540
Died	568 (aged 27–28)
Spouse	Chilperic I
Father	Athanagild
Mother	Goiswintha
Religion	Arianism

Galswintha (540–568) was a queen consort of Neustria. She was the daughter of Athanagild, Visigothic king of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal), and Goiswintha. Galswintha was the sister of Brunhilda, Queen of Austrasia; and the wife of Chilperic I, the Merovingian king of Neustria. Galswintha was likely murdered at the urging of Chilperic's former concubine Fredegund (and then later wife), instigating a 40-year civil war within the Merovingian kingdom.