The testament of Erminethrudis serves as a rare example of some conditions of a woman in the aristocracy in this time period, as only nuns or widows left wills in their own capacity, of which few survive.
Her son, Deorovaldus, had been buried in St Symphorien of Paris before her death.
She left individual items of gold jewelry to four Parisien basilicas[5] and freed a number of unfree workers from her lands.
[6] The religious gifts were designed to ensure prayers being said for her and her son in perpetuity.
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