Balthild was an Anglo-Saxon slave girl, married to Clovis II out of love. When Clovis died in 657, Balthild became a nun. She later founded the monastery of Chelles.
An English girl who was captured by pirates and sold as a slave.
Her feast day is 30th January.Return to St.Balthildis
King of Neustria 673-675 King of the Franks 675-691 In 673, the young child Theuderic III became puppet king of Neustria, and when his brother Childeric II died in 675, king of all the Franks. In 687, he and the Austrasian Mayor of the Palace were defeated by Pepin II, grandson of Pepin I. He died at a young age in 691, and was succeeded by his son Clovis III.
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Praeorian Perfect of Gaul, 451, at Rome 469, 475; friend and relative of Sidonius Apollinaris.
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