General Notes

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ohme p 65 (continued from VALENTINIAN III)  "A new direction in northern Gaul came with the emergence of CHILDERIC as king of one group of Franks. Although our information about him is scanty, it seems that he collaborated with the Romans--or with one group of Romans--against the Visigoths and the Saxons of the Loire, that (although a pagan) he co-operated with the Gallic Church, and that he laid the foundations of the kingdom which his descendants were to rule for the following three centuries.  In the confused years which followed the death of the last generally accepted western emperor in 455 (VALENTINIAN III), and still more after the deposition of the last resident western emperor in 476, Childeric must have seemed a natural ruler to many in northern Gaul.  He died in 481/2 and was buried at Tournai, in a grave which reveals some aspects of his power:  several hundred gold coins minted in Constantinople, sent perhaps as a subsidy, and a gold brooch like those worn by Roman generals."
Head of chart on p. 66.
WHWC Belgium or Flanders joins Merovingian Dynasty during Childeric's reign.
ema p 307 "Childeric was the first Frankish king about whom Gregory of Tours could find substantial information.  According to Gregory, he was best known for seducing his subjects' daughters and for marrying the king of Thuringia's wife, who bore him a son, CLOVIS I."
ewh p 172 "King Childeric (d. 481) fought as a federate of the empire at Orleans when Aetius defeated the Visigoths, and he later defeated the Saxons 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 zur Geschichte
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: Tapsell p169]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: abt 435 [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc], parents: [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: [Ref: CMH p154, Tapsell p169] 481/2 [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc] occ 481
[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 zur Geschichte
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: Tapsell p169]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: abt 435 [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc], parents: [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: [Ref: CMH p154, Tapsell p169] 481/2 [Ref: Settipani CharlAnc] occ 481
[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 northern Gaul came with the emergence of CHILDERIC as king of one group of Franks. Although our information about him is scanty, it seems that he collaborated with the Romans--or with one group of Romans--against the Visigoths and the Saxons of the Loire, that (although a pagan) he co-operated with the Gallic Church, and that he laid the foundations of the kingdom which his descendants were to rule for the following three centuries.  In the confused years which followed the death of the last generally accepted western emperor in 455 (VALENTINIAN III), and still more after the deposition of the last resident western emperor in 476, Childeric must have seemed a natural ruler to many in northern Gaul.  He died in 481/2 and was buried at Tournai, in a grave which reveals some aspects of his power:  several hundred gold coins minted in Constantinople, sent perhaps as a subsidy, and a gold brooch like those worn by Roman generals."
Head of chart on p. 66.
WHWC Belgium or Flanders joins Merovingian Dynasty during Childeric's reign.
ema p 307 "Childeric was the first Frankish king about whom Gregory of Tours could find substantial information.  According to Gregory, he was best known for seducing his subjects' daughters and for marrying the king of Thuringia's wife, who bore him a son, CLOVIS I."
ewh p 172 "King Childeric (d. 481) fought as a federate of the empire at Orleans when Aetius defeated the Visigoths, and he later defeated the Saxons 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 northern Gaul came with the emergence of CHILDERIC as king of one group of Franks. Although our information about him is scanty, it seems that he collaborated with the Romans--or with one group of Romans--against the Visigoths and the Saxons of the Loire, that (although a pagan) he co-operated with the Gallic Church, and that he laid the foundations of the kingdom which his descendants were to rule for the following three centuries.  In the confused years which followed the death of the last generally accepted western emperor in 455 (VALENTINIAN III), and still more after the deposition of the last resident western emperor in 476, Childeric must have seemed a natural ruler to many in northern Gaul.  He died in 481/2 and was buried at Tournai, in a grave which reveals some aspects of his power:  several hundred gold coins minted in Constantinople, sent perhaps as a subsidy, and a gold brooch like those worn by Roman generals."
Head of chart on p. 66.
WHWC Belgium or Flanders joins Merovingian Dynasty during Childeric's reign.
ema p 307 "Childeric was the first Frankish king about whom Gregory of Tours could find substantial information.  According to Gregory, he was best known for seducing his subjects' daughters and for marrying the king of Thuringia's wife, who bore him a son, CLOVIS I."
ewh p 172 "King Childeric (d. 481) fought as a federate of the empire at Orleans when Aetius defeated the Visigoths, and he later defeated the Saxons 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 British expeditions of Hengist. He followed the pagan cult of "Diana of the Ardennes (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 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.