Metz - palace

Type:Elite property
Certainty:Certain
From:585
To:585
Town:Metz
Original text:Stante infra Mettensis urbis palatium rege et ludum spectante, qualiter animal caterva canum circumdatum fatigabatur [...] Qui cedidit [Magnovaldus] et mortuus est ac, per fenestram domus proiectus.
Translation text:As the King, who was in residence at his palace in Metz, was watching some wild beast which was being harried from all sides by a pack of hounds [...] Magnovald fell to the ground dead and was thrown out of the window of the house.
Property type:Royal palace
Role:King
Property owner:Childebert II
Action or transaction type:Other
Publications:Dey 2014: 171
Halsall 1995a: 233

Sources

NameTitleReferenceFromTo
Gregorius, HistoriarumGregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri decem8.36573594