Question about Gosvinta/Galswintha, wife of Chilperic I

Started by Vicki Thomas on Tuesday, August 13, 2013
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8/13/2013 at 9:31 AM

Gosvinta/Galswintha appear in the Geni profile of Chilperic I, King of the Franks. Both names appear on the profile when you pull them up. Are they the same person? The Wikipedia entry on Chilperic’s overview states that his marriage to Galswintha produced no children. Yet, Gosvinta/Galswintha appears as one of my distant great grandmothers and mother of Childperic II. Does anyone have an explanation of this? Thanks.

Gosvinta

Chilpéric I, King of the Franks at Soissons

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8/13/2013 at 10:47 AM

@Gosvinta is my 42 grt grandmother Judy Rice

8/13/2013 at 11:49 AM

We did it again Judy. Gosvinta is my 41st great grandmother.

8/13/2013 at 11:51 AM

But is Gosvinta the same as Galswintha?

8/13/2013 at 12:01 PM

According to the tree Vicki, Gosvinta is also the daughter of Gosvinta, but on their profiles the name is spelled 2 other ways. Galswintha and another my keyboard won't do. If that helps.

8/13/2013 at 12:08 PM

Another point is that there is an awfully long line of "only child"ren from that single child. I tend to believe your source that Chilperic II had a different mother. There are 3 other choices.

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8/14/2013 at 8:14 PM

Thanks Vicki Thomas. It appears to have been added via a poor merge. I've fix it.

8/15/2013 at 6:20 AM

Should all references to Gosvinta be deleted? There does not appear to be any such person. Its Galswintha I think. Unless Gosvinta is a variant name of Galswintha. Something has indeed changed because now Fredegunde is my gggg grandmother and not Galswintha/Gosvinta. So be it, as long as something has been corrected. Thanks.

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8/15/2013 at 9:36 PM

No, both Gosvinta and Galswintha are acceptable variants, Galswintha being the Gothic form, and Gosvinta being the Latinized form.

8/16/2013 at 6:59 AM

Thank you.

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8/16/2013 at 9:26 AM

Sure thing. =)

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