General Notes

1  NAME Cloderic I (Childeric) of the /Franks/ 2  SOUR S033320 3  DATA4TEXT Date of Import : Jan 17, 2001 1  NAME Chirderic I /Meroving/ 1BIRT2  DATE ABT. 436 2  SOUR S033320 3  DAT A 4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan17,2001 1  DEAT 2  DATE 481 2  SOUR S033320 3  DATA 4  TEXT Dat e ofImport:Jan 17, 2001




Sources: RC 303; Kraentzler 1657, 1777, 1780; AF; "the Franks" byEdwardJames; Pfafman.
   Franks: the grave of Cloderic/Childeric I was found in 1653 inTournai,Belgium. It contain ed "gold-and-garnet belt and equipmentfittings; goldbuckles and a gold arm-ring; a brooch o f the type worn onthe rightshoulder by high Roman officials; a Frankish throwing-axe, orfran cisca;the fittings for a sword or scramasax (a single-edged sword);the famousgold bees whic h Napoleon took to be a symbol of Frenchroyalty, and whichled him to wear a cloak bejewelle d with such bees athis imperialcoronation...There were also coins in the grave, and,finally , thecrucial find, Childeric's seal-ring, with the inscriptionCHILDERICI REGIS('belonging t o King Childeric'), and its portrayal ofthe long-hairedking wearing Roman-style military dre ss and bearing alance."
   RC: Cloderic I, King of Franks, 458-481. Married about 465.
   K: Childeric/Childerich I, King of Franks/King of a part ofSalistianFranks. Married 463 , died 481.
   Pfafman: Childeric I, King of Salic Franks 458-481.458-481


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King of the Salian Franks, one of the first of the Merovingians and thefather of Clovis I.   The Salian Franks, in treaty with the Roman Empire,had settled in Belgica Secunda, between the Meuse and Somme rivers,making their capital at Tournai. Childeric's role as a barbarian ally ofthe Romans was important. He helped the Roman military commander Aegidiusto repel the Visigoths near Orléans (463); at the request of Aegidius'successor, Count Paulus, he attacked the Visigoths again in 469. Soonafterward he cleared Anglo-Saxon pirates from the district southwest ofOrléans around
Angers. Childeric's tomb at Tournai was discovered in 1653.

To cite this page: "Childeric I" Encyclopædia Britannica
<http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?idxref=195589>

458 King of Merovingian Franks.

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.  2001.

Childeric I

(chl´drk) (KEY) , c.436-481, Merovingian king of the Salian Franks(c.457-481), a Germanic tribe; son of Meroveus and father of Clovis I.Information on him is mostly legendary. His rule was that of a tribalchieftain. He defeated (463) the Visigoths at Orléans as an ally of theRoman general Aegidius. Subsequently he defeated the Saxons and theAlemanni. His tomb, containing armor and ornaments, was discovered in1653 at his capital, near Tournai, Belgium.

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Childeric I, King of the Salian Franks
Born: c437
Died: 481
Father: Merovech, King of the Salian Franks
Mother: ?
Married (1): Basina
Children:
Clovis I, King of Franks
Audofleda
Lanthechild

King of the Salian Franks 456-481
Childeric succeeded his semi-legendary father Merovech as king of theSalian Franks of northern Gaul in 456, during Roman times. He becameinfatuated with the daughters of his subjects, who were so incensed aboutthis that they forced him to give up the throne. He discovered that theyintended to assassinate him, and he fled to Thuringia, leaving a closefriend and telling him to send him a message when Childeric could returnto his kingdom.

Childeric took refuge with Bisinus, King of the Thuringian Franks, andhis wife Basina. The king elected by the Franks was cruel, and soon afterChilderic was re-called to his kingdom by his friend, and was restored tothe throne. Once Bisinus and Childeric were both kings, Basina desertedher husband and went to live with Childeric, who married her and had ason Clovis.

After a battle with Odoacer, King of the Saxons (and conquerer of theWestern Roman Empire, 476), at Orléans, Childeric and the Saxon king madea peace treaty and together subdued the Alamanni, who had invaded a partof Italy. In 481 Childeric died and was succeeded by Clovis, his son byBasina.

Source: http://www.ghg.net/shetler/oldimp/002.html

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ohme p 65 (continued from VALENTINIAN III)  "A new direction in northernGaul came with the emergence of CHILDERIC as king of one group of Franks.Although our information about him is scanty, it seems that hecollaborated with the Romans--or with one group of Romans--against theVisigoths and the Saxons of the Loire, that (although a pagan) heco-operated with the Gallic Church, and that he laid the foundations ofthe kingdom which his descendants were to rule for the following threecenturies.  In the confused years which followed the death of the lastgenerally accepted western emperor in 455 (VALENTINIAN III), and stillmore after the deposition of the last resident western emperor in 476,Childeric must have seemed a natural ruler to many in northern Gaul.  Hedied in 481/2 and was buried at Tournai, in a grave which reveals someaspects of his power:  several hundred gold coins minted inConstantinople, sent perhaps as a subsidy, and a gold brooch like thoseworn by Roman generals."
Head of chart on p. 66.
WHWC Belgium or Flanders joins Merovingian Dynasty during Childeric'sreign.
ema p 307 "Childeric was the first Frankish king about whom Gregory ofTours could find substantial information.  According to Gregory, he wasbest known for seducing his subjects' daughters and for marrying the kingof Thuringia's wife, who bore him a son, CLOVIS I."
ewh p 172 "King Childeric (d. 481) fought as a federate of the empire atOrleans when Aetius defeated the Visigoths, and he later defeated theSaxons on the Loire.  His tomb was found (1653) at Tournai, the "capital"of the Salians."

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SOURCE NOTES:
Burns, Thomas S, A History of the Ostrogoths, Bloomington,  Indiana:Indiana Univ
Press, 1984.  SF Library 940.1 B9375h.

Previte-Orton, C. W., The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, Cambridge:
University Press, 1952.  Chatham 940.1PRE.

Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Euroopaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zurGeschichte
der europaischen Staaten, New Series, Marburg: J.A. Stargardt, 1978-.

Settipani, Christian, Les Ancetres De Charlemagne, 1989, and, Settipani,
Christian, and Patrick van Kerrebrouck, La Prehistoire des Capetiens,1993, as
transcribed by Gilles Houdry, Aug 1994.  Roots-l genealog.charlanc[1-7]

Tapsell, R. F., Monarchs, Rulers, Dynasties and Kingdoms of the World.New
York: Facts on File Publications, 1983.

Wagner, Anthony, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical
Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975.  Rutgers Alex CS4.W33.
RESEARCH NOTES:
456: Salic Franks' King [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc]

c457: King of France and Rhineland, Merovingian Dynasty [Ref: Tapsellp169]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: abt 435 [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc], parents: [Ref: SettipaniCharlAnc]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: [Ref: CMH p154, Tapsell p169] 481/2 [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc] occ481
[Ref: ES I #1], note: [Ref: Wurts p433][MassachusettsRSHALL.FTW]

SOURCE NOTES:
Burns, Thomas S, A History of the Ostrogoths, Bloomington,  Indiana:Indiana Univ
Press, 1984.  SF Library 940.1 B9375h.

Previte-Orton, C. W., The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, Cambridge:
University Press, 1952.  Chatham 940.1PRE.

Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Euroopaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zurGeschichte
der europaischen Staaten, New Series, Marburg: J.A. Stargardt, 1978-.

Settipani, Christian, Les Ancetres De Charlemagne, 1989, and, Settipani,
Christian, and Patrick van Kerrebrouck, La Prehistoire des Capetiens,1993, as
transcribed by Gilles Houdry, Aug 1994.  Roots-l genealog.charlanc[1-7]

Tapsell, R. F., Monarchs, Rulers, Dynasties and Kingdoms of the World.New
York: Facts on File Publications, 1983.

Wagner, Anthony, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical
Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975.  Rutgers Alex CS4.W33.
RESEARCH NOTES:
456: Salic Franks' King [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc]

c457: King of France and Rhineland, Merovingian Dynasty [Ref: Tapsellp169]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: abt 435 [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc], parents: [Ref: SettipaniCharlAnc]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: [Ref: CMH p154, Tapsell p169] 481/2 [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc] occ481
[Ref: ES I #1], note: [Ref: Wurts p433][JamesLinage.FTW]

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ohme p 65 (continued from VALENTINIAN III)  "A new direction in northernGaul came with the emergence of CHILDERIC as king of one group of Franks.Although our information about him is scanty, it seems that hecollaborated with the Romans--or with one group of Romans--against theVisigoths and the Saxons of the Loire, that (although a pagan) heco-operated with the Gallic Church, and that he laid the foundations ofthe kingdom which his descendants were to rule for the following threecenturies.  In the confused years which followed the death of the lastgenerally accepted western emperor in 455 (VALENTINIAN III), and stillmore after the deposition of the last resident western emperor in 476,Childeric must have seemed a natural ruler to many in northern Gaul.  Hedied in 481/2 and was buried at Tournai, in a grave which reveals someaspects of his power:  several hundred gold coins minted inConstantinople, sent perhaps as a subsidy, and a gold brooch like thoseworn by Roman generals."
Head of chart on p. 66.
WHWC Belgium or Flanders joins Merovingian Dynasty during Childeric'sreign.
ema p 307 "Childeric was the first Frankish king about whom Gregory ofTours could find substantial information.  According to Gregory, he wasbest known for seducing his subjects' daughters and for marrying the kingof Thuringia's wife, who bore him a son, CLOVIS I."
ewh p 172 "King Childeric (d. 481) fought as a federate of the empire atOrleans when Aetius defeated the Visigoths, and he later defeated theSaxons on the Loire.  His tomb was found (1653) at Tournai, the "capital"of the Salians."

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ohme p 65 (continued from VALENTINIAN III)  "A new direction in northernGaul came with the emergence of CHILDERIC as king of one group of Franks.Although our information about him is scanty, it seems that hecollaborated with the Romans--or with one group of Romans--against theVisigoths and the Saxons of the Loire, that (although a pagan) heco-operated with the Gallic Church, and that he laid the foundations ofthe kingdom which his descendants were to rule for the following threecenturies.  In the confused years which followed the death of the lastgenerally accepted western emperor in 455 (VALENTINIAN III), and stillmore after the deposition of the last resident western emperor in 476,Childeric must have seemed a natural ruler to many in northern Gaul.  Hedied in 481/2 and was buried at Tournai, in a grave which reveals someaspects of his power:  several hundred gold coins minted inConstantinople, sent perhaps as a subsidy, and a gold brooch like thoseworn by Roman generals."
Head of chart on p. 66.
WHWC Belgium or Flanders joins Merovingian Dynasty during Childeric'sreign.
ema p 307 "Childeric was the first Frankish king about whom Gregory ofTours could find substantial information.  According to Gregory, he wasbest known for seducing his subjects' daughters and for marrying the kingof Thuringia's wife, who bore him a son, CLOVIS I."
ewh p 172 "King Childeric (d. 481) fought as a federate of the empire atOrleans when Aetius defeated the Visigoths, and he later defeated theSaxons on the Loire.  His tomb was found (1653) at Tournai, the "capital"of the Salians."

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Note:
He reigned at Yssel 458 - 481. He organized and equipped the Britishexpeditions of Hengist. He followed the pagan cult of "Diana of theArdennes (the nine fires)".

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1.  Childeric I acceded 460.[jweber.ged]

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 in458.  He fought with the Roman Aegidius against the Wisigoths.  WhenAgidius died in 464, he was succeeded by Count Paul.  Childeric I's armyhelped Count Paul push back a Saxon advance from Angers around 466. CountPaul would die in 470.  They had to repeat this feat around 475, afterCount Paul had died and the Saxons once again had attempted to expandinto 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: before433, son of Merovee=Merovech, Prince des Francs and N?, Childeric I ispresumed to have been at least 15 years of age by the time he succeededhis father in 448.

Between 480 and 481 Childeric I's tomb in Tournai was discovered in 1653and contained magnificent weapons. Buried: circa 481 in Tournai, Bigorre,France.
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After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is divided in an eastern and a western half. The eastern half is centered in Byzantium under Arcadius, son of Theodosius I, and the western half in Rome under Flavius Augustus Honorius his brother.
..... Click the link for more information. - <447>  Years: 443 444 445 446 - 447 - 448 449 450 451 Decades: 410s 420s 430s - 440s - 450s 460s 470s Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century
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Synod of Toledo: The filioque clause is added to the Nicene Creed
Merovech becomes king of the Franks
Battle of the Utus: Attila the Hun defeats the Eastern Romans in an indecisive battle. The Huns invade the Balkans as far as Thermopylae.
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..... Click the link for more information. ). His successor was <Meroveus> Meroveus (c-411-456) (French Mérovée) was a chief of the Salian Franks from 448-456. He is considered a semi-legendary individual, as not much information is extant about him. Gregory of Tours records him but it is not clear if he was the son of Clodian or a leader who assumed power on Clodian's death.
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..... Click the link for more information. . Eventually, he occupied all the country as far as the Somme River <Somme%20River> The Somme is a river in north-eastern France. The river is 245 km long, the source is at Fonsommes near Saint-Quentin, it ends into the English Channel. The river is maybe most famous due to the World War I battle of the Somme (1916). The name "Somme" comes from a Celtic word meaning tranquility.
..... Click the link for more information. and making <Tournai> Tournai is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1st, 2002 Tournai had a total population of 67,232 (32,569 males and 34,663 females). The total area is 215.67 km² which gives a population density of 311.74 inhabitants per km².
..... Click the link for more information. the capital of the Salian Franks.
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