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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Genovefa

(g soft). Wife of Count Palatine Siegfried, of Brabant, in the time of Charles Martel. Being suspected of infidelity, she was driven into the forest of Ardennes, where she gave birth to a son, who was nourished by a white doe. In time, Siegfried discovered his error, and restored his wife and child to their proper home.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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