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Mérovech KÖNIG DER SALISCHEN FRANKEN [7275] 1719
- Born: 413, Diocčse de Tournai, Bélgica 1719
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Died: 458, Cambrai, Gaul, Roman Empire at age 45 1719
- Buried: Église Saint-Brice, Tournai, Hainaut 1719
FamilySearch ID: LZ86-1NG.
General Notes:
EARLY FRANKISH KINGS & THE MEROVINGIANS
The genealogy of the early Frankish kings was confused by medieval clerics who had few sources available to them, but modern scholarship has come along to untangle the mess using multiple sources that have come to be available over the years from discoveries made in the libraries of old monasteries.
For example, the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Frankish kings, namely, Faramond [Pharamond], Chlodio, and Merovech, are NOT father, son, and grandson, as they appear in the traditional genealogy of the Merovingians, but rather each came from entirely different families.
1. Faramond's mother and both of his wives were Frankish princesses.
2. Chlodio, his successor, murdered Faramond's only son upon Faramond's death to clear his own succession. Chlodio's wife, Argotta [aka Siegse], was one of Faramond's two daughters.
3. Merovech was a son, from a previous marriage of Argotta to Quintus Tarus, Prefect of Provence.
It was the civil war between Merovech and his half-brother, Cloderic, that was the pretext for the invasion of Gaul by Attila "The Hun". And, the confusion of the parentage of King Clovis "The Great", who was not the son of the Frankish King Childeric I, is due to the fact that the wife of Prince Clovis [King Childeric I's son], namely, Dochilt, married [the future] King Clovis "The Great" upon the premature death of her husband, Prince Clovis [King Childeric I's son], thus, the misidentification of Prince Clovis [King Childeric I's son] with King Clovis "The Great" by medieval clerics is understandable.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Biographical Information: descended from ten generations of "Fisher-Kings",,. 1721
2. Clan: House of Merovingians,,. 1721 Founder of Merovingian Dynasty of Salian Franks.
3. He was Pagan in 413. 1721
4. Title Of Nobility: 3rd King of France, between 447 and 458,. 1721 King of the Salian Franks.
5. Mérovech served in the military in 451 in Gaul, Roman Empire: fought a civil war with his half-brother Chlodoric - son of Chlodio and Argotta. 1721
Mérovech married.
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