King of Franks, Merovech (Meroveus)

Birth Name King of Franks, Merovech (Meroveus) 1a 2a 3a 4a
Gramps ID I4235
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E5117] BET. 411 - 415 France  
4b
Death [E5118] BET. 457 - 458    
2b 1b 4c

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father King of Westphalia, Clodius Long Hair [I4665]about 395BET. 450 - 455
Mother von Thuringia, Basina [I4664]before 398
         King of Franks, Merovech (Meroveus) [I4235] BET. 411 - 415 BET. 457 - 458

Families

    Family of King of Franks, Merovech (Meroveus) and Pss of Sweden, Verica [F1781]
Married Wife Pss of Sweden, Verica [I2310] ( * about 419 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E28722]      
1c 4d
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
King of Franks, Childeric I of the Franks [I4234]436481-11-26

Narrative

[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]

King of the Salian Franks at the River Yssel.
Origin was of the Sicambrian Franks.
Known as "the Young".
Hengist's supplies for his 1st British campaign may have come
from Merovich.
Extended domain as far as Mentz on the one side.
Expelled Attila the Hun.
Conquered Picardy, Normandy, & most of the Isle de France.

Narrative

Records not imported into INDI (individual) Gramps ID I4235:

Line ignored as not understood Line 101264: 2 SOUR @S085410@
Skipped subordinate line Line 101265: 3 DATA
Skipped subordinate line Line 101266: 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 7, 2000

 

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
REFN 6050
 

Pedigree

  1. King of Westphalia, Clodius Long Hair [I4665]
    1. von Thuringia, Basina [I4664]
      1. King of Franks, Merovech (Meroveus)
        1. Pss of Sweden, Verica [I2310]
          1. King of Franks, Childeric I of the Franks [I4234]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Ernst-Friedrich Kraentzler: Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville [S10416]
      • Page: chart 1777
      • Page: chart 1777, d 458-460
      • Page: chart 1777
  2. G.P. Baker: Fighting Kings of Wessex [S11331]
      • Page: no parents. "We know nothing at all of Merovich save that he existed & that he claimed the descent of a sacred tribal caste"
      • Page: Died 2 years aft the battle of Chalons (in year 451 (Goths & Romans combined defeated Attila the Hun); so died abt 453
  3. Europèaische Stammtafeln [S11227]
      • Page: See Europäisch Stammtafeln Bund I tafel 1.
  4. SUSANNA KEENE.FTW [S85410]
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        Date of Import: Aug 7, 2000