Bilichild

Bilichild ( in France also Bilichilde, as well Bilithilde, Bilichildis and Bilihildis ) (* 654, † ( assassinated ) 675 ) was a Frankish queen and wife of Childeric II, King of Austrasia.

Bilichilds father was Sigebert III. of Austrasia and her mother Chimnechilde whose origin is unknown. End of the year 662 Bilichild married her half- cousin Childeric II, who thus had a dual legitimacy for his elevation to the king. He was one of three adult sons of Clovis II, king of Neustria. He was also the end of 662, probably after a short period in which his elder brother Chlothar III. was in personal union also King of Neustria and Austrasia, where the king of Austrasia.

In the autumn of 675 Bilichild and her husband were killed in the forest of Livry at Lognes due to a noble conspiracy emanating from Neustria nobles Bodilo. This was convicted of Childeric to a dishonorable punishment. To Bodilos co-conspirators included Amalbert, who was probably Count of Noyon, and Ingobert. With the assassination of the royal couple also Bilichilds about five year old son Dagobert was killed. Furthermore, it is reported that Bilichild was pregnant with another child at the time. Only her son Chilperic, who probably was not in the hunting party survived, and was initially housed in a monastery under the name of Daniel.

Bishop Ouen ( Audoin ) of Rouen was the bodies of the royal family bring to Paris and buried in the Abbey of Saint- Germain -des- Prés. There, their coffins were rediscovered in 1656.