General Notes

1  NAME /Clodio/
2  SOUR S12573
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 8, 2001
1  NAME /Clodius/ V
1  NAME Childeria The /First/
2  SOUR S09770
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 18, 2001
1  BIRT
2  DATE ABT. 395
2  PLAC Westphalia, Deu
1  BIRT
2  DATE 395
2  PLAC Westphalia
1  DEAT
2  DATE 414
2  SOUR S09770
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 18, 2001
1  DEAT
2  DATE ABT. 448
1  DEAT
2  DATE BEF. 450


King of the Salian Franks 426-447
Semi-legendary King of the Salian Franks an d father of Merovech, founder of the Merovingian Dynasty. Called ", the Long Ha ir" or ", the Hairy" because of the length of his hair. From then on the Merovi ngians were called the "Long Haired Kings" and the cutting of a king's hair rep resented his loss of royal power.
According to legend his father was Pharamon d (r.409-426), the first King of the Salian Franks after the departure of the R omans from Gaul. In history, Clodio was probably real. He lived in Thuringian t erritory, and ruled at the same time as the semi-legendary kings Theudemer and Richemer. All that is known of his reign is that he took the town of Cambrai fr om the Romans. He was succeeded by his semi-legendary son Merovech. (Unlike Mer ovech and Clodio, Childeric I, Merovech's son, was very real and cannot be cons idered fictional.)
[New Cunard.ged]
He was also called Clodion and was King of the Salian Franks. (F-515)


Marriage Information:

Clodius also married Basina QUEEN OF FRANKS. (Basina QUEEN OF FRANKS was born before 398 in ?, Thuringia, Deu.)



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Sources

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1 Laurence Gardner, Bloodline of the Holy Grail.

2 Steve Pearson to L.Dudick E-mail letter dated Oct. 23, 1997 forwarding lineage provided by Eyelyn Easson at spkphpsp@gte.net (L.Dudick files, C-1346).

3 Albert F. Schmuhl The Royal Line.