Merovech, Chieftain of the Salian Franks

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• General Information: The uncertainty surrounding these early chieftains is illustrated by the legend that Merovich was said to have been born of two fathers. When already pregnant by King Chlodio, his mother went swimming in the ocean where she was seduced by an unknown marine creature, a bestæ Neptuni Quinotauri similis. This creature, part man, part bull, and part marine creature, impregnated the Queen a second time. Thus Merovech carried the blood of the Frankish rulers as well as that of an aquatic creature.
• Crowned: 448; He became the Chieftain of the Salian Frank in 448.
• Reign: From 450 to 458; Chieftain of the Salian Franks (Merovingian dynasty)
• Military: 451; In 451, he defeated Attila "the Hun".

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Childeric I, Chieftain of the Salian Franks was born about 436; died in 481 in Tournai, Wallonia, Belgium.

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• History: birth to death
• Reign: From 430 to 450; Chieftain of the Salian Franks (Merovingian dynasty)

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History:
He was also known as Clodius V, and Clodion.

Often described as "King of the Franks", Chlodio may be more accurately referred to as a "Chieftain of the Salian Franks". Frankish warriors served as Roman soldiers; and this service was rewarded as the Salians were allowed to spread out from their "reservation" known as Toxandria (Tiesterbant near Campine in the southern Netherlands) into what is to-day Begium, northern France as well as along the lower Rhine. Much of this expansion was peaceful, although in 428 and again in 450 the Roman general Ætius crushed Frankish uprisings led by Chodio. At other times, there was close co-operation as in the Frankish support given Ætius in his defeat of the Huns near Orléans in 451.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reign: From 404 to 430; King of the Salic Franks

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