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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 10, 11. Of the Sickness of Lothar the Younger
Lothar, son of the late king, Chilperic, fell grievously ill; he was so far given up that his death was announced to King Guntram, who, setting out from Chalon for Paris, came as far as the territory of Sens. When he heard, however, that the boy had recovered, he abandoned the journey and returned. The mother, Fredegund, seeing her child in desperate case, had vowed a great sum to the church of the holy Martin, for which cause he began to mend. She also sent messengers to Waroch, requiring him, for the sake of her son’s life, to set free all the men of King Guntram’s army still detained in Brittany. Waroch obeyed, which is proof that this woman was an accomplice in the slaying and the destruction of his army.1
Notes
- Cf. ch. 9, above.