Gundoald
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Gundoald or Gundovald also known by his nickname Ballomer (fake prince) was a Merovingian usurper king in the area of southern Gaul in either 584 or 585 who claimed to be an illegitimate son of Chlothar I. He briefly ruled in Aquitaine until his murder by treason in 585.
Gundoald or Gundovald also known by his nickname Ballomer (fake prince) was a Merovingian usurper king in the area of southern Gaul in either 584 or 585 who claimed to be an illegitimate son of Chlothar I. He briefly ruled in Aquitaine until his murder by treason in 585. ==References== ==Notes== ==Further reading== Bachrach, Bernard S. The Anatomy of a Little War: A Diplomatic and Military History of the Gundovald Affair (568–586). Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. Goffart, Walter. "Byzantine policy in the West under Tiberius II and Maurice: the pretenders Hermenegild and Gundovald (579–585)." Traditio 13 (1957): 73-118 Goffart, Walter. "The Frankish Pretender Gundovald, 582–585. A Crisis of Merovingian Blood." Francia 39 (2012): 1-27. Gregory of Tours decem libri historianum. Laury Sarti: Mediterranean Connections: The Frankish Kingdoms and the Roman Empire (476–756). Brill, Leiden/Boston 2025, ISBN 978-90-04-74364-9, S. 87–103.
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