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40 Achilles. She had by him three sons, named Molossus, Pielus, and Pergamus; and a daughter, Deidamia. Some make Pielus the eldest, and successor to his father; and deduce from him the kings of Epirus, down to Pyrrhus the Great, who died anno 272 B.C.

On the marriage of Pyrrhus with Hermione, this prince united Andromache to Helenus, the son of Priam, who was likewise his captive. Servius and Pausanius place it after the murder of Pyrrhus, at Delphi; and the former says that it took place, because, in dying he had commanded it. By this marriage she had Cestrinus.

Andromache survived Helenus, and left Epirus with Pergamus, the youngest of her sons by Pyrrhus, and followed him into Asia, where Pausanius says Pergamus disputed the sovereignty of the city of Teuthra, with its prince Areus, who had built it; that he killed the latter in single combat, and made himself master of the place, which he called Pergamus; and that the tomb of himself and Andromache were shown there in his time.

certain is known concerning the origin of this princess, though she is supposed to have been of illustrious birth. She was a woman of ability and courage; but proud, unfeeling, and so venal, that presents would always induce her to intercept the course of justice, and influence the nomination even of church dignities.

Lothair, king of Lorrain, dying in 869, Charles the Bald, his paternal uncle, took possession of his  ,