[4] To the dismay of her mother, Galswintha was ultimately forced to part with her family on her father's (Athanagild) insistence, who conceded to the marriage; this was likely due to the territorial enticements promised by Chilperic.

[6][b] Crossing the Pyrenees, Galswintha's journey took her through Narbonne and Carcassonne then on to Poitiers and Tours before reaching Rouen, the location of the marriage arrangement.

[8] Pomp and circumstance awaited her upon arrival since Chilperic pulled out all the stops, including having his army pledge allegiance on bended-knee to her as she exited the ship at Rouen.

[18] Beyond this, the result of such antipathy was a three-generation-long feud that essentially "wrecked the Merovingian family" and contributed to the death of ten kings from its line.

[19] The Late Latin poet Venantius Fortunatus wrote a long commemorative poem (Carmina VI.5) in honour of Galswintha,[c] constituting a eulogy of sorts that presented her as a saintly figure and the acts of betrayal and murder within Chilperic's domain as an offense to God himself.