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A fact from Austregilde appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that, after her death, a contemporary of Frankish queen Austregilde both called her "the light of her homeland, the world, and the court" and compared her to Herod?
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... that, after her death, contemporaries of Frankish queen Austregilde both called her "the light of her homeland, the world, and the court" and compared her to Herod? Sources: "Gregory likens her sinful actions to Herod (DLH V.25) but confirms that King Guntram carried out this wish." "Instead, she is praised in glowing terms as the 'mother of kings, a surpassing royal wife, the light of her homeland, the world, and the court" regum genetrix et regia coniux/praecellens lumen patriae lux orbis et aulae." Mark A. Handley in Ch. 26 of The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World, pages 557-8 [1]; "She is said to have made a request to the king reminiscent of Herod..." Gregory of Tours as quoted by E. T. Dailey in Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and Women of the Merovingian Elite, page 92 [2]
Overall: An interesting article, I really love reading about these semi-obscure historical personalities! Earwig's finds an astonishing 0% copyright violation estimate, nice. I could see an alternate hook on her demanding the death of her doctors after her own, but the current hook is also fine. --LordPeterII (talk) 16:32, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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An interesting article, I really love reading about these semi-obscure historical personalities! Earwig's finds an astonishing 0% copyright violation estimate, nice. I could see an alternate hook on her demanding the death of her doctors after her own, but the current hook is also fine. --LordPeterII (talk) 16:32, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 15 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Rbjone1 (article contribs).