man Merovech of the Franks, King of the Franks‏‎, son of Chlodius of the "'the long-haired'" Franks, King of the Franks and Basina of Thuringia‏.
Born ‎ 419 at France, died ‎± ABT. 458‎, approximately 39 years
ID: I07838
Name: Merovech King of the Franks 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 415 in France 3
Death: ABT 458 1 4
Event: Acceded 447 King of Franks 1 5
Note:
"The Family Trees of the Kings of France" indicates he was King of the Salian Franks and that the Merovingian line descended from. "The Directory of Royal Genealogical Data" indcates that he was king of the Franks. His name was also spelled Merovech and Merewig.

Governed the Salic Franks
Defeated "Attila the Hun" in 451
Was son or son-in-law of Clodion

Before 430, the Salic Francs traverse the Escaut, and settle north of Gand [Gant] and also into Courtrai. Their chief, Clodion, takes Cambrai in 430. When Clodion died in 448, Merovee would succeed him as chief. Merovee was a Frankish Prince who ruled over the Saliennes [thus, this Merovee is King of the Salic Francs] from 452-458. He was the commander of the Francs in the great Battle of the Catalonic Fields, where he defeated Attila the Hun in 451. It is from his name that the kings of the First Race derived their name. The Huns had steadily increased their domination from humble beginnings off the Caspian sea from Caucase to the Elbe, from Muldavia to Hungary in the later part of the Fourth Century.

SOURCES:
Merovee=Merovech, Prince des Francs (Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish kingdom under the Carolingians: 751-987 (Singapore: Longman Singapore Publishers Pte Ltd, (c) 1983).)
(Paul, Nouveau Larousse Universel.)

(Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners in ISBN: 0-8063-1344-7 (1001 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992), Page 216, Line 303-53.)

(Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Pages, 176, 200). Born: before 390, son of Arcadios Claudius Claudianus and Eudoxie, Merovee is presumed to have been at least 15 years of age by the time his son Childeric I was born. Married before 405: She was a concubine. Note - between 451 and 458:

Before 430, the Salic Francs traverse the Escaut, and settle north of Gand [Gant] and also into Courtrai. Their chief, Clodion, takes Cambrai in 430. When Clodion died in 448, Merovee would succeed him as chief. Merovee was a Frankish Prince who ruled over the Saliennes [thus, this Merovee is King of the Salic Francs] from 452-458. He was the commander of the Francs in the great Battle of the Catalonic Fields, where he defeated Attila the Hun in 451. It is from his name that the kings of the First Race derived their name. The Huns had steadily increased their domination from humble beginnings off the Caspian sea from Caucase to the Elbe, from Muldavia to Hungary in the later part of the Fourth Century.

During his reign the Empress of the Roman Empire, Galla Placidia, in 423 governed in the name of her 4-year old son, Valentinius III. She put the Gallo-Roman Aetius [who really came from Bulgaria [originally Silistria] in charge of maintaining the Roman authority over Gaule.

Although he was unsuccessful against the Wisigoths, he pushed the Riparian Francs beyond the Rhine. In 440, the Riparians would return and take over Cologne and Treves. In the meantime, the Burgundians settle in what would become Bourgogne and in Savoie. In 443, they are camped around Worms and Mayence under the command of their King, Gonthier. Died: in 458


Father: Clodius 'Long Haired' King of the Franks b: ABT 395 in Westphalia, Germany
Mother: Basina of Thuringia b: BEF 398 in Thuringia, Germany

Marriage 1 Chlodeswinthe of The Salic Franks b: ABT 418 in Westphalia, Germany
Children
Childeric I King of Franks b: 436 in Westphalia, Germany

Sources:
Title: Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science
Publication: Department of Computer Science, Hull University
Note: usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc
Repository:
Note: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: Early Frankish Period page 454 of Macropedia
Text: traditional belief of close ancestry
Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Jim Weber
Publication: ancestry.com
Note: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources.
Repository:
Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: p 4
Text: King of Salian Franks, c. 448- c. 458
From 'Maloney, Hendrick & Many Others' at Rootsweb.com.
Contact James H. Maloney; ancestors@maloneylaw.com.

Married/ Related to:

woman Chlodeswinthe of the Salic Franks‏‎, daughter of Clodio of the Franks, King of Franks and Ildegonde of Koeln‏.
Born ‎± ABT. 418 at Westphalia, Germany, died ‎± ABT. 449‎, approximately 31 years
ID: I33092
Name: Chlodeswinthe of The Salic Franks 1
Sex: F
Birth: ABT 418 in Westphalia, Germany 1
Death: ABT 449 1

Father: Clodio King of Franks b: 398 in France
Mother: Ildegonde of Koeln b: 399 in France

Marriage 1 Merovech King of the Franks b: ABT 415 in France
Children
Childeric I King of Franks b: 436 in Westphalia, Germany

Sources:
Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Jim Weber
Publication: ancestry.com
Note: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources.
Repository:
Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
From 'Maloney, Hendrick & Many Others' at Rootsweb.com.
Contact James H. Maloney; ancestors@maloneylaw.com.

Child:

1.
man Childeric of Franks, King of Franks‏
Born ‎ 436 at Westphalia, Prussia, died ‎ Nov 26, 481 at Tournai, France‎, 44 or 45 years
ID: I39743
Name: Childeric I King of Franks 1
Sex: M
Name: I Chideric , of the Franks 2 3 1
Birth: 436 in Westphalia, Germany 4 5 6
Death: ABT 26 NOV 481 in Tournai, France 7
Death: 26 NOV 481 5 8
Death: 482 2
Event: Ruled 458-481
Event: Ruled BET 458 AND 481
Event: Acceded 460 2 9
Note:
SOURCES:
Page 212 in Dawn of European civilization has Merovingian chart. It
differs a little from some others.

Cloderic is same as Childeric

"Rulers of the World" by R.F.Tapsell
Between 458 and 480: Childeric I became the third King of the Franks in 458. He fought with the Roman Aegidius against the Wisigoths. When Agidius died in 464, he was succeeded by Count Paul. Childeric I's army helped Count Paul push back a Saxon advance from Angers around 466. Count Paul would die in 470. They had to repeat this feat around 475, after Count Paul had died and the Saxons once again had attempted to expand into Angers.

1 Childeric I, King des Francs (Paul, Nouveau Larousse Universel.) (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 216, Line 303-52.)

(Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Pages, 176, 200). Born: before 433, son of Merovee=Merovech, Prince des Francs and N?, Childeric I is presumed to have been at least 15 years of age by the time he succeeded his father in 448.

Between 480 and 481 Childeric I's tomb in Tournai was discovered in 1653 and contained magnificent weapons. Buried: circa 481 in Tournai, Bigorre, France.


Father: Merovech King of the Franks b: ABT 415 in France
Mother: Chlodeswinthe of The Salic Franks b: ABT 418 in Westphalia, Germany

Marriage 1 Basina of Thuringia b: ABT 436 in of Thuringia
Married: ABT 450 in Germany
Married: BET 463 AND 465 in Germany 4
Married: 465 in Germany 5
Children
Andelfieda of Merovinga Franks b: ABT 452 in Westphalia, Germany
Clovis I "The Great" King of Franks b: ABT 466 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France
Alboflede
Lantechilde

Sources:
Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: Childeric I
Title: Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science
Publication: Department of Computer Science, Hull University
Note: usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc
Repository:
Note: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Title: World Family Tree Vol. 22, Ed. 1
Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Publication: Release date: June 8, 1998
Note: Customer pedigree.
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: Tree 28319
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
Text: Date of Import: Jan 15, 2000
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: 4
Text: b. c. 436
Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: Childeric I
Text: 481/482 year only
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: p 4
Text: d. c. 481
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: p. 4
Text: King of Salian Franks (c. 458 - c. 481)
From 'Maloney, Hendrick & Many Others' at Rootsweb.com.
Contact James H. Maloney; ancestors@maloneylaw.com.


2nd marriage
man Merovech of the Franks, King of the Franks‏‎, son of Chlodius of the "'the long-haired'" Franks, King of the Franks and Basina of Thuringia‏.

Married ‎± ABT. 435 at (approximately 23 years married) to:

woman Verica of Westphalia‏‎
Born ‎± ABT. 419 at North Rhine-Westphalia, Preussen‎

Child:

1.
man Childeric of Franks, King of Franks‏
Born ‎ 436 at Westphalia, Prussia, died ‎ Nov 26, 481 at Tournai, France‎, 44 or 45 years
ID: I39743
Name: Childeric I King of Franks 1
Sex: M
Name: I Chideric , of the Franks 2 3 1
Birth: 436 in Westphalia, Germany 4 5 6
Death: ABT 26 NOV 481 in Tournai, France 7
Death: 26 NOV 481 5 8
Death: 482 2
Event: Ruled 458-481
Event: Ruled BET 458 AND 481
Event: Acceded 460 2 9
Note:
SOURCES:
Page 212 in Dawn of European civilization has Merovingian chart. It
differs a little from some others.

Cloderic is same as Childeric

"Rulers of the World" by R.F.Tapsell
Between 458 and 480: Childeric I became the third King of the Franks in 458. He fought with the Roman Aegidius against the Wisigoths. When Agidius died in 464, he was succeeded by Count Paul. Childeric I's army helped Count Paul push back a Saxon advance from Angers around 466. Count Paul would die in 470. They had to repeat this feat around 475, after Count Paul had died and the Saxons once again had attempted to expand into Angers.

1 Childeric I, King des Francs (Paul, Nouveau Larousse Universel.) (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 216, Line 303-52.)

(Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Pages, 176, 200). Born: before 433, son of Merovee=Merovech, Prince des Francs and N?, Childeric I is presumed to have been at least 15 years of age by the time he succeeded his father in 448.

Between 480 and 481 Childeric I's tomb in Tournai was discovered in 1653 and contained magnificent weapons. Buried: circa 481 in Tournai, Bigorre, France.


Father: Merovech King of the Franks b: ABT 415 in France
Mother: Chlodeswinthe of The Salic Franks b: ABT 418 in Westphalia, Germany

Marriage 1 Basina of Thuringia b: ABT 436 in of Thuringia
Married: ABT 450 in Germany
Married: BET 463 AND 465 in Germany 4
Married: 465 in Germany 5
Children
Andelfieda of Merovinga Franks b: ABT 452 in Westphalia, Germany
Clovis I "The Great" King of Franks b: ABT 466 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France
Alboflede
Lantechilde

Sources:
Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: Childeric I
Title: Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science
Publication: Department of Computer Science, Hull University
Note: usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc
Repository:
Note: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Title: World Family Tree Vol. 22, Ed. 1
Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Publication: Release date: June 8, 1998
Note: Customer pedigree.
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: Tree 28319
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
Text: Date of Import: Jan 15, 2000
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: 4
Text: b. c. 436
Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: Childeric I
Text: 481/482 year only
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: p 4
Text: d. c. 481
Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France
Author: Jean-Charles Volkman
Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris
Repository:
Note: JHM Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: p. 4
Text: King of Salian Franks (c. 458 - c. 481)
From 'Maloney, Hendrick & Many Others' at Rootsweb.com.
Contact James H. Maloney; ancestors@maloneylaw.com.