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Duchess Bereswinde Of ALSACE
Abt 652 - 744 (~ 92 years)-
Name Bereswinde Of ALSACE Prefix Duchess Birth Abt 652 Metz, Austrasia, France 
Gender Female _FSFTID GJTW-H3F _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GJTW-H3F _UID 9BAAB41C28E44D9FA4D334C42B96120E5DC0 Death 744 Metz, Austrasia, France Person ID I28665 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 2 Jan 2023
Father King Siegbert III Of AUSTRASIA, b. 629, Austrasia d. 656 (Age 27 years) Mother Immachilde (Chimnechild) of AUSTRASIA, b. Abt 630, Burgundy, France d. Abt 670 (Age ~ 40 years) Marriage Abt 651 2ND Marriage Family ID F12512 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Duke Adalrich Eticho I of ALSACE, b. Abt 643, Alsace-Lorraine, France d. Aft 683, France (Age ~ 41 years) Children 1. Odilia 2. Duke Albert (Adalbert) Of ALSACE, b. Abt 675, Alsace-Lorraine, France d. 5 Dec 742, Alsace-Lorraine, France (Age ~ 67 years)Family ID F12501 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - When Bereswinde's husband Eticho (Adalrich) found his daughter Odilia was reputedly born blind, which Adalrich took as a punishment for some offence done to God, he tried to persuade his wife Bereswinda to kill the infant child in secret. She instead sent the child into hiding with a maid at the monastery of Palma. According to the Life of Odilia, a bishop named Erhard baptised the adolescent girl and smeared a chrism on her eyes, which miraculously restored her sight.
The bishop tried to restore the duke's relationship with his daughter, but Adalrich, fearing the effect of admitting to having a daughter hiding in poverty in a monastery would have on his subjects, refused. A son of his, ignoring Adalrich's orders, brought his sister back to Hohenburg, where Adalrich was holding court. When Odilia arrived, Adalrich, in a rage, struck a blow with his sceptre to his son's head, accidentally killing him. Disgraced, he reluctantly allowed Odilia to live in the monastery, which had no abbess, with a minimal wage under a British nun.
- When Bereswinde's husband Eticho (Adalrich) found his daughter Odilia was reputedly born blind, which Adalrich took as a punishment for some offence done to God, he tried to persuade his wife Bereswinda to kill the infant child in secret. She instead sent the child into hiding with a maid at the monastery of Palma. According to the Life of Odilia, a bishop named Erhard baptised the adolescent girl and smeared a chrism on her eyes, which miraculously restored her sight.