of the Salien Franks Merovech

411 - 458  (47 years)

• Name	Merovech
  Title	of the Salien Franks
  Birth	411	Hainaut, Belgium
  Gender	Male
  Clan Name	Merovingians
  Life+Sketch	founder of the Merovingian dynasty of the Salian Franks (although Chlodio may in fact be the founder), which later became the dominant Frankish tribe. He allegedly lived in the first half of the fifth century. His name is a Latinization of a form close
  Life+Sketch	One of several barbarian warlords and kings that joined forces with the Roman general Aetius against the Huns under Attila on the Catalaunian fields in Gaul
  Title of Nobility	From 447 to 458
  	King of France
  Title of Nobility	From 447 to 458	Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium
  	King of Tournai
  Title of Nobility	From 448 to 458
  	King of Salic Franks ... King of the Salian Franks
  Military Service	451	Gaul, Roman Empire
  	fought a civil war with his half-brother Chlodoric - son of Chlodio and Argotta
  Religious Affiliation	Pagan
  Title of Nobility	Chefe Franco, terceiro rei dos franceses~
  Title of Nobility	Founder of Merovingian Dynasty of Salian Franks, King des Francs
  Tribe Name	Leader of the Frankish Tribes
  _FSFTID	LZ86-1NG
  Death	458	Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium
  Burial	458	Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium
  Person ID	I59456	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Chlodégar of the Salian Francs at Cologne,   b. 398, Cologne Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 23 Nov 448, Burgundy, France (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Basinia de Thuringia,   b. Abt 390, Kurfürstentum Köln, Holy Roman Empire d. Abt 450, Gaul, Roman Empire (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Abt 414
  Family ID	F25589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Des Francs Hatilde Verica Chlodeswinthe,   b. Abt 408, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 449, Amiens 8e (Nord), Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France (Age 41 years)
  Children	1. Childeric I de Meroving,   b. 410, Gaul, Roman Empire d. 26 Nov 481, Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium (Age 71 years)   2. Rainha Dos Visigodos Ragnagilda,   b. Abt 424, Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium d. Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France   3. King of the Salian Franks Childeric I Mérovingiens,   b. Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 23 Nov 483, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  Family ID	F26287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

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