General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . r other grandson, Thierry kingof Burgundy. She obtained such an ascendencyat his court, that she engaged him, in conjunc-tion with his brother, to attempt the recoveryof Paris from Clotaire, their cousin, in whichthey succeeded. It was then her great objectto preserve her influence over Thierry, whichshe attempted by discouraging him from mar-riage, and allowing the free indulgence of licen-tious amours. At the same t
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . r other grandson, Thierry kingof Burgundy. She obtained such an ascendencyat his court, that she engaged him, in conjunc-tion with his brother, to attempt the recoveryof Paris from Clotaire, their cousin, in whichthey succeeded. It was then her great objectto preserve her influence over Thierry, whichshe attempted by discouraging him from mar-riage, and allowing the free indulgence of licen-tious amours. At the same time she attachedherself to a handsome young nobleman namedProtade, whom she made mayor of thfe pa-lace, after removing Bertoalde the formermayor. Her favourite was however destroyedby the jealous nobles, who also prevailed uponThierry to marry a Spanish princess; but Bru-nehaud by her arts prevented the marriagefrom being consummated, and caused the prin-cess to be sent home. These scandals occa-sioned some of the clergy to remonstrate withthe king ; and Didier bishop of Vienne takingthe lead in this measure, Brunehaud caused himto be condemned in a venal assembly held at. B R U ( 333 ) B R U Chalons, and soon after to be assassinated. Thefamous Irish abbot and saint Cohunbanus, whoused a similar liberty with more rudeness thandiscretion, was ordered to depart for his owncountry. Brunchaud then involved Thierry ina war with his brotlier Theodebert, which ter-minated in the ruin and death of the latter, withall his family, by the orders of himself soon after died, not M-ithoutsuspicion of being poisoned by his grandmother,who immediately caused his son Sigebert to beproclaimed, and intended to prolong her rulethrough another minority. But her measure ofcrime was now full. Clotaire advancing withhis army, possessed himself of the whole do-minion of the Franks. Brunchaud was betrayedinto his hands, and met no mercy from a bar-barous people. For three days she was
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