Fredegund and Brunhild: a tale of two queens
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Once they are both ruling as regents, they are essentially designing foreign policy. And in some cases, they're even securing not just their own financial future, but that of the other women around them. In a particular case, for example, queen brunhild negotiates a treaty with another king. So there's quite a lot of agency that they are able to exe on their own behalf, and on others that were in their circle.
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