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Tonance Ferréol II De Narbonne1
M, b. circa 455, d. circa 517
M, b. circa 455, d. circa 517
| Father | Tonance Ferréol Ier De Narbonne1 b. circa 425 | |
| Mother | Papianille (?)1 b. circa 430 | |
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| Birth* | circa 455 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Sénateur1 | |
| Marriage* | Principal=Industrie De Reims1 | |
| Death* | circa 517 | 1 |
| Note* | Profession : Sénateur de la région de Narbonne de 479 à 5171 |
| Family | Industrie De Reims b. circa 470 | |
| Children | 1. | Ferréol De Narbonne+ b. c 4901 |
| 2. | Deutérie De Reims+ b. c 503, d. c 5481 | |
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Fridleif Frodasson1
M, b. circa 456
M, b. circa 456
| Father | Fro di Dansson1 b. circa 433 | |
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| Birth* | circa 456 | Denmark1 |
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| Child | 1. | Fro di Fridleifsson+ b. c 4791 |
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Alaric II De Wisigothie1
M, b. circa 458, d. 507
M, b. circa 458, d. 507
| Father | Euric Ier De Wisigothie1 b. circa 420, d. July 484 | |
| Mother | Ragnachilde De Francie1 b. circa 420 | |
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| Birth* | circa 458 | 1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Theudicote D'Ostrogothie1 | |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Death* | 507 | 1 |
| Family 1 | ||
| Child | 1. | Gesalic De Wisigothie+ b. c 485, d. 5111 |
| Family 2 | Theudicote D'Ostrogothie b. circa 470 | |
| Child | 1. | Eustère De Wisigothie+ b. c 488, d. 5211 |
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(Fru Fridleif Frodasson) (?)1
F, b. circa 460
F, b. circa 460
| Birth* | circa 460 | Denmark1 |
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Muredach mac Foghan1
M, b. circa 460
M, b. circa 460
| Father | Foghan Owen mac Niall1 b. circa 445 | |
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| Birth* | circa 460 | Ireland1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Marca (A'Bh Muredach mac Foghan) (?)1 |
| Family | Marca (A'Bh Muredach mac Foghan) (?) b. circa 461 | |
| Child | 1. | Fergus Mor mac Muredach , King of Dal Riada+ b. c 475, d. 5011 |
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Gundobad1
M, b. circa 460, d. circa 516
M, b. circa 460, d. circa 516
| Father | Gundiok king of the Burgundians1 b. circa 430, d. circa 473 | |
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| Birth* | circa 460 | 1 |
| Occupation* | from 473 to 516 | king of the Burgundians1 |
| Death* | circa 516 | 1 |
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| Child | 1. | Sigusmund king of the Burgundians+ b. c 490, d. c 5231 |
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Theodon I duke of Bavaria1
M, b. circa 460
M, b. circa 460
| Birth* | circa 460 | 1 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Theodon II duke of Bavaria+ b. c 4801 |
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Theodoric I king of the Ostrogoths1
M, b. circa 460, d. 26 August 526
M, b. circa 460, d. 26 August 526
| Father | Theodemir I king of the Ostrogoths1 b. circa 438, d. 472 | |
| Mother | Erelieva1 b. circa 440 | |
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| Birth* | circa 460 | 1 |
| Death* | 26 August 526 | 1 |
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| Child | 1. | Theodoric of the Ostrogoths+ b. c 4801 |
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Claffon De Lombardie1
M, b. circa 460
M, b. circa 460
| Birth* | circa 460 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Roi1 | |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Note* | Profession : Roi des Lombards1 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Zucchilon De Lombardie+ b. c 4851 |
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Marca (A'Bh Muredach mac Foghan) (?)1
F, b. circa 461
F, b. circa 461
| Birth* | circa 461 | Ireland1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Muredach mac Foghan1 |
| Family | Muredach mac Foghan b. circa 460 | |
| Child | 1. | Fergus Mor mac Muredach , King of Dal Riada+ b. c 475, d. 5011 |
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Amalaberge Hérule1
F, b. circa 462, d. circa 510
F, b. circa 462, d. circa 510
| Father | Odoacre Ier Hérule1 b. circa 435 | |
| Mother | Evochilde De Wisigothie1 b. circa 446 | |
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| Birth* | circa 462 | 1 |
| Marriage* | 484 | Principal=Clovis I 'the great' King of the Franks1 |
| Death* | circa 510 | 1 |
| Family | Clovis I 'the great' King of the Franks b. 466, d. 27 November 511 | |
| Child | 1. | Théodoric D'Austrasie+ b. c 486, d. 5341 |
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Icel of the Angles , King of the Angles1
M, b. circa 463
M, b. circa 463
| Father | Eomer av den Angles1 b. circa 435 | |
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| Birth* | circa 463 | England1 |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Note* | FROM: http://www.hickling.swinternet.co.uk/ Origins of the name Hickling The fact that the Mercian royal family was known as Icelingas strengthens the claim that it was Icel and his son Cnebba Iceling who came to Britain in AD 499. The Icelingas entered Britain through the estuaries of the Wash and the Trent. They settled in navigable river valleys and areas served by Roman canals. Roman influence had wained some 100 years earlier although the network of roads and canals remained. The English settlements became part of a sophisticated and prosperous society never far away from means of communication by navigable rivers and canals or stone surfaced causeways and roads. Early pagan literature such as Beowulf, supplemented by recent archaeological discoveries, provide insight into the beliefs of the Angles which were very similar to those of some non-christian civilizations today. There was a belief in life hereafter and a profound respect for their ancestors. The more distant and admired ancestors assumed in legend the stature of gods, e.g. Tiuw, Woden, Thor and Freyr, after whom the days of the week were named in Anglo-Saxon England. In 1997 Northamptonshire archaeologists excavated a pagan and heroic burial in the gravel plain of the Nene Valley at Wollaston. It was the grave of an Anglian nobleman at the side of a road leading to a Roman vineyard and has been dated about AD 650. The most important content of the grave was a boar-crested helmet like those so often referred to in Beowulf. The boar which symbolised strength and was associated with the goddess Freyr would have been worn by Ickeling leaders of the time. 'He was a nobleman and the boar insignia on his helmet could mean that he was a prince. He appears to have died when middle-aged, so he had probably become a war leader by fighting many bloody battles in his youth. He would have grown up in a village, living in a timber-framed long-house with a thatched roof. As an aristocrat he would have learned how to fight with a spear and sword from an early age. He would have honed his skills hunting wild boar, deer, bear and wolf in the forests that covered the country. As he grew older he would have carved out a name for himself leading bands of men into war against rival tribes. After a hard day of hunting and pillaging he would have come home to his wives and children. A goat, sheep or part of a cow would be thrown into the long-hut's cauldron and his band would drink beer, mead or wine. The prince would have led a very war-like lifestyle. Even when he died his sword was buried with hime to prepare him for a similar existence in the after-life.' Prof. R Cramp of Durham University, England. From meagre surviving records it appears that the first king of Mercia was Creoda ruling from 585 and he was an Ickeling. He was succeeded by his son Pybba in 597. The most famous Ickeling and last of the 'old pagan religion' was king Penda (582-654) and his genealogy links him with Woden and his spouse Freyr. The penny coin is named after him. A formidable ruler he rivalled the power of the Christian Northumbrian kings. The rivalry between the two kingdoms was notorious. Penda had defeated and killed Edwin in 633 and Oswald in 642. Both Penda and his spouse Cyneuise remained lifelong adherents to their inherited beliefs at a time when the conversion of the English to Christianity was proceeding apace. Their eldest son Peada had been made Prince of the Middle Angles by Penda. In 653, Peada along with all the Middle Angles became Christian converts in order to marry Alchfled, daughter of Penda's rival, king Oswy of Northumbria. This did not deter Penda from continuing his campaigns against Northumbria and in the following year on 15 Nov 654, Penda was defeated and killed at the battle of the river Winwaed by Oswy and this was hailed by Bede as a victory for Christ over the pagan gods. SOURCES: Bede: Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Beowulf. The 'Pioneer' Burial: Ian Meadows: Current Archaeology 154. Northampton Chronicle & Echo, 23 April 1997. Prof Rosemary Cramp of Durham University. FROM: http://www.bartleby.com/, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 Anglo-Saxons name given to the Germanic-speaking peoples who settled in England after the decline of Roman rule there. They were first invited by the Celtic King Vortigern, who needed help fighting the Picts and Scots. The Angles (Lat. Angli), who are mentioned in Tacitus Germania, seem to have come from what is now Schleswig in the later decades of the 5th cent. Their settlements in the eastern, central, and northern portions of the country were the foundations for the later kingdoms known as East Anglia, Mercia , and Northumbria. The Saxons, a Germanic tribe who had been continental neighbors of the Angles, also settled in England in the late 5th cent. after earlier marauding forays there. The later kingdoms of Sussex, Wessex, and Essex were the outgrowths of their settlements. The Jutes, a tribe about whom very little is known except that they probably came from the area around the mouths of the Rhine, settled in Kent and the Isle of Wight. The Anglo-Saxons eventually formed seven separate kingdoms known as the heptarchy. The term 'Anglo-Saxons' was first used in Continental Latin sources to distinguish the Saxons in England from those on the Continent, but it soon came to mean simply the 'English'. The more specific use of the term to denote the non-Celtic settlers of England prior to the Norman Conquest dates from the 16th cent. In more modern times it has also been used to denote any of the people (or their descendants) of the British Isles. Heptarchy (hpA'tark) [Gr.,=seven-kingdom], name traditionally applied to the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England in the period prior to the Danish conquests of the 9th cent. The term was probably first used by 16th-century writers who believed that in those early years England was divided into seven kingdomsĻ'?orthumbria, East Anglia, Mercia, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, and Kent. Actually the political and geographical divisions were neither so orderly nor permanent. At one time (c.600) there appear to have been as many as 12 independent states, but the number of kingdoms, their boundaries, and their political status shifted constantly throughout this period.1 | |
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| Child | 1. | Cnebba of the Angles+ b. c 4901 |
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Ferreolus de Moselle , Duke of Moselle1
M, b. circa 465
M, b. circa 465
| Father | Sigimberus von Westphalia I, Bishop of Auvergne1 b. circa 419 | |
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| Birth* | circa 465 | Lorraine, France1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Outeria de Moselle , Duchess of Moselle1 | |
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| Family | Outeria de Moselle , Duchess of Moselle b. circa 504 | |
| Child | 1. | Ausbert de Moselle , Senator of the Moselle+ b. c 536, d. c 5701 |
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Menia (?)1
F, b. circa 465
F, b. circa 465
| Birth* | circa 465 | 1 |
| Marriage* | circa 685 | Principal=Bisinus von Thuringia1 |
| Family | Bisinus von Thuringia b. circa 450 | |
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Yngvi Alreksson De Varmland1
M, b. circa 465
M, b. circa 465
| Father | Alrek Skjalksson De Varmland1 b. circa 445 | |
| Mother | Dagreid Dagsdatter1 b. circa 450 | |
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| Birth* | circa 465 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Roi1 | |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Note* | Profession : Roi de Uppland1 |
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| Child | 1. | Jorund Yngvasson De Varmland+ b. c 4901 |
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Clovis I 'the great' King of the Franks1
M, b. 466, d. 27 November 511
M, b. 466, d. 27 November 511
| Father | Childeric King of the Franks1 b. circa 436, d. 26 November 481 | |
| Mother | Basina von Thuringia , Princess of Thuringia, Queen of the Franks1 b. circa 438, d. 491 | |
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| Name Variation | Clovis Ier De Francie2 | |
| Nickname | 'The Great' (?)3 | |
| Name Variation | Clovis von die Franks I, King of the Franks3 | |
| Birth* | 466 | France1 |
| Occupation* | from 481 to 511 | king of the Franks1 |
| Marriage | 484 | Principal=Amalaberge Hérule2 |
| Marriage* | circa 490 | Principal=Chrotechilde1 |
| Christening | 25 December 496 | Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France3 |
| Baptism | 25 December 498 | 2 |
| Occupation | Roi2 | |
| Note* | Usually regarded as the real founder of Frankish power in Gaul, he united the Romans of north Gaul under his rule by force of arms and the expedience of converting to their own religion, Catholic Christianity. He then united the Franks under his own rule by having all rival kings assassinated. With success he led his armies against other Germans; he conquered the Thuringians to the east, and also the Alamans who were moving from their homes in south-west Germany into what is now Alsace and northern Switzerland. In 507 Clovis led his followers south across the Loire to destroy the Visigothic kingdom of Alaric II. When he died in 511, the kingdom was ruled jointly by his four sons; it was they who destroyed the Burgundian kingdom and who, by offering military aid to the Ostrogoths in exchange, annexed Provence to their kingdom.1 | |
| Death* | 27 November 511 | Paris, Ile-de-France, France3,2 |
| Burial* | Eglise de Sainte-Genevieve, Paris, Ile-de-France, France3 | |
| Note | Clovis (CHLODWIG, or CHLODOWECH) Son of Childeric, King of the Salic Franks; born in the year 466; died at Paris, 27 November, 511. He succeeded his father as the King of the Franks of Tournai in 481. His kingdom was probably one of the States that sprang from the division of Clodion's monarchy like those of Cambrai, Tongres and Cologne. Although a Pagan, Childeric had kept up friendly relations with the bishops of Gaul, and when Clovis ascended the throne he received a most cordial letter of congratulation from St. Remigius, Archbishop of Reims. The young king early began his course of conquest by attacking Syagrius, son of Aegidius, the Roman Count. Having established himself at Soissons, he acquired sovereign authority over so great a part of Northern Gaul as to be known to his contemporaries as the King of Soissons. Syagrius, being defeated, fled for protection to Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, but the latter, alarmed by a summons from Clovis, delivered Syagrius to his conqueror, who had him decapitated in 486. Clovis then remained master of the dominions of Syagrius and took up his residence at Soissons. It would seem as if the episode of the celebrated vase of Soissons were an incident of the campaign against Syagrius, and it proves that, although a pagan, Clovis continued his father's policy by remaining on amicable terms with Gaulish episcopate. The vase, taken by the Frankish soldiers while plundering a church, formed part of the booty that was to be divided among the army. It was claimed by the bishop (St. Remigius?), and the king sought to have it awarded to himself in order to return it intact to the bishop, but a dissatisfied soldier split the vase with his battle-axe, saying to this king: 'You will get only the share allotted you by fate'. Clovis did not openly resent the insult, but the following year, when reviewing his army he came upon this same soldier and, reproving him for the the defective condition of his arms, he split his skull with an axe, saying: 'It was thus that you treated the Soissons vase.' This incident has often been cited to show that although in time of war a king has unlimited authority over his army, after the war his power is restricted and that in the division of booty the rights of the soldiers must be respected. After the defeat of Syagrius, Clovis extended his dominion as far as the Loire. It was owing to the assistance given him by the Gaulish episcopate that he gained possession of the country. The bishops, it is quite certain mapped out the regime that afterwards prevailed. Unlike that adopted in other barbarian kingdoms founded upon the ruins of the Roman Empire, this regime established absolute equality between the Gallo-Roman natives and their Germanic conquerors all sharing the same privileges. Procopius, a Byzantine writer has given us an idea of this agreement, but we know it best by its results. There was no distribution of Gaulish territory by the victors; established in the Belgian provinces, they had lands there to which they returned after each campaign. All the free men in the kingdom of Clovis, whether they were of Roman or of Germanic origin, called themselves Franks, and we must guard against the old mistake of looking upon the Franks after Clovis as no more than Germanic barbarians. Master of half of Gaul, Clovis returned to Belgium and conquered the two Salic kingdoms of Cambrai and Tongres (?), where his cousins Ragnacaire and Chararic reigned. These events have been made known to us only through the poetic tradition of the Franks which has singularly distorted them. According to this tradition Clovis called upon Chararic to assist him its his war against Syagrius, but Chararic's attitude throughout the battle was most suspicious, as he refrained from taking sides until he saw which of the rivals was to be victorious. Clovis longed to have revenge. Through a ruse he obtained possession of Chararic and his son and threw them into prison; he then had their heads shaved, and both were ordained, the father to the priesthood and the son to the diaconate. When Chararic bemoaned and wept over this humiliation his son exclaimed: 'The leaves of a green tree have been cut but they will quickly bud forth again; may he who has done this perish as quickly!' This remark was reported to Clovis, and he had both father and son beheaded. Tradition goes on to say that Ragnacaire King of Cambrai, was a man of such loose morals he hardly respected his own kindred, and Farron, his favourite, was equally licentious. So great was the king's infatuation for this man that, if given a present, he would accept it for himself and his Farron. This filled his subjects with indignation and Clovis, to win them over to his side before taking the field, distributed among them money, bracelets, and baldries, all in gilded copper in fraudulent imitation of genuine gold. On different occasions Ragnacaire sent out spies to ascertain the strength of Clovis's army, and upon returning they said: 'It is a great reinforcement for you and your Farron.' Meanwhile Clovis advanced and the battle began. Being defeated, Ragnacaire sought refuge in flight, but was overtaken; made prisoner, and brought to Clovis, his hands bound behind him. 'Why', said his conqueror have you permitted our blood to be humiliated by allowing yourself to be put in chains? It were better that you should die.' And, so saying, Clovis dealt him his death-blow. Then, turning to Richaire, Ragnacaire's brother, who had been taken prisoner with the king, he said: 'Had you but helped your brother, they would not have bound him', and he slew Richaire also. After these deaths the traitors discovered that they had been given counterfeit gold and complained of it to Clovis, but he only laughed at them. Rignomir, one of Ragnacaire's brothers, was put to death at Le Mans by order of Clovis, who took possession of the kingdom and the treasure of his victims. Such is the legend of Clovis; it abounds in all kinds of improbabilities, which cannot be considered as true history. The only facts that can be accepted are that Clovis made war upon Kings Ragnacaire and Chararic, put them to death and seized their territories. Moreover, the author of this article is of opinion that these events occurred shortly after the conquest of the territory of Syagrius, and not after the war against the Visigoths, as has been maintained by Gregory of Tours, whose only authority is an oral tradition, and whose chronology in this matter is decidedly misleading. Besides Gregory of Tours has not given us the name of Chararic's kingdom; it was long believed to have been established at Therouanne but it is more probable that Tongres was its capital city, since it was here that the Franks settled on gaining a foothold in Belgium. In 492 or 493 Clovis, who was master of Gaul from the Loire to the frontiers of the Rhenish Kingdom of Cologne, married Clotilda, the niece of Gondebad, King of the Burgundians. The popular epic of the Franks has transformed the story of this marriage into a veritable nuptial poem the analysis of which will be found in the article on Clotilda. Clotilda, who was a Catholic, and very pious, won the consent of Clovis to the baptism of their son, and then urged that he himself embrace the Catholic Faith. He deliberated for a long time. Finally, during a battle against the Alemanni--which without apparent reason has been called the battle of Tolbiac (Zulpich)--seeing his troops on the point of yielding, he invoked the aid of Clotilda's God, promised to become a Christian if only victory should be granted him. He conquered and, true to his word was baptized at Reims by St. Remigius, bishop of that city, his sister Albofledis and three thousand of his warriors at the same time embracing Christianity. Gregory of Tours, in his ecclesiastical history of the Franks has described this event, which took place amid great pomp at Christmas, 496. 'Bow thy head, O Sicambrian', said St. Remigius to the royal convert 'Adore what thou hast burned and burn what thou hast adored.' According to a ninth-century legend found in the life of St. Remigius, written by the celebrated Hinemar himself Archbishop of Reims, the chrism for the baptismal ceremony was missing and was brought from heaven in a vase (ampulla) borne by a dove. This is what is known as the Sainte Ampoule of Reims, preserved in the treasury of the cathedral of that city and used for the coronation of the kings of France from Philip Augustus down to Charles X. The conversion of Clovis to the religion of the majority of his subjects soon brought about the union of the Gallo-Romans with their barbarian conquerors. While in all the other Germanic kingdoms founded on the ruins of the Roman Empire the difference of religion between the Catholic natives and Arian conquerers was a very active cause of destruction, in the Frankish kingdom, on the contrary, the fundamental identity of religious beliefs and equality of political rights made national and patriotic sentiments universal and produced the most perfect harmony between the two races. The Frankish Kingdom was thenceforth the representative and defender of Catholic interests throughout the West, while to his conversion Clovis owed an exceptionally brilliant position. Those historians who do not understand the problems of religious psychology have concluded that Clovis embraced Christianity solely from political motives, but nothing is more erroneous. On the contrary, everything goes to prove that his conversion was sincere, and the opposite cannot be maintained without refusing credence to the most trustworthy evidence. In the year 500 Clovis was called upon to mediate in a quarrel between his wife's two uncles, Kings Gondebad of Vienne and Godegisil of Geneva. He took sides with the latter, whom he helped to defeat Gondebad at Dijon, and then, deeming it prudent to interfere no further in this fratricidal struggle, he returned home, leaving Godegisil an auxiliary corps of five thousand Franks. After Clovis's departure Gondebad reconquered Vienne, his capital in which Godegisil had established himself. This reconquest was effected by a stratagem seconded by treachery, and Godegisil himself perished on the same occasion. The popular poetry of the Franks has singularly misrepresented this intervention of Clovis, pretending that, at the instigation of his wife Clotilda, he sought to avenge her grievances against her uncle Gondebad (see CLOTILDA) and that the latter king, besieged in Avignon by Clovis, got rid of his opponent through the agency of Aredius, a faithful follower. But in these poems there are so many fictions as to render the history in them indistinguishable. An expedition, otherwise important and profitable was undertaken by Clovis in the year 506 against Alaric II, King of the Visigoths of Aquitaine. He was awaited as their deliverer by the Catholics of that kingdom, who were being cruelly persecuted by Arian fanatics, and was encouraged in his enterprise by the Emperor Anastasius, who wished to crush this ally of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths. Despite the diplomatic efforts made by the latter to prevent the war, Clovis crossed the Loire and proceeded to Vouille, near Poitiers, where he defeated and slew Alaric, whose demoralized troops fled in disorder. The Franks took possession of the Visigoth Kingdom as far as the Pyrenees and the Rhone, but the part situated on the left bank of this river was stoutly defended by the armies of Theodoric, and thus the Franks were prevented from seizing Arles and Provence. Notwithstanding this last failure, Clovis, by his conquest of Aquitaine, added to the Frankish crown the fairest of its jewels. So greatly did the Emperor Anastasius rejoice over the success attained by Clovis that, to testify his satisfaction, he sent the Frankish conqueror the insignia of the consular dignity, an honour always highly appreciated by the barbarians. The annexation of the Rhenish Kingdom of Cologne crowned the acquisition of Gaul by Clovis. But the history of this conquest, also, has been disfigured by a legend that Clovis instigated Chloderic, son of Sigebert of Cologne, to assassinate his father, then, after the perpetration of this foul deed, caused Chloderic himself to be assassinated, and finally offered himself to the Rhenish Franks as king, protesting his innocence of the crimes that had been committed. The only historical element in this old story, preserved by Gregory of Tours, is that the two kings of Cologne met with violent deaths, and that that Clovis, their relative, succeeded them partly by right of birth, partly by popular choice. The criminal means by which he is said to have reached this throne are pure creation of the barbarian imagination. Master now of a vast kingdom, Clovis displayed the same talent in governing that he had displayed in conquering it. From Paris, which he had finally made his capital, he administered the various provinces through the agency of counts (comites) established in each city and selected by him from the aristocracy of both races, conformably to the principle of absolute equality between Romans and barbarians, a principle which dominated his entire policy. He caused the Salic Law (Lex Salica) to be reduced to written form, revised end adapted to the new social conditions under which his fellow barbaricans were subsequently to live. Acknowledging the Church as the foremost civilizing force, he protected it in every way possible, especially by providing for it the National Council of Orleans (511), at which the bishops of Gaul settled many questions pertaining to the relations between Church and state. Hagiographic legends attribute to Clovis the founding of a great many churches and monasteries throughout France, and although the accuracy of this claim cannot be positively established, it is nevertheless certain that the influence of the council in this matter must have been considerable. However, history has preserved the memory of foundation which was undoubtedly due to Clovis: the church of the Apostles, later of Sainte-Genevieve, on what was then Mons Lucotetius, to the south of Paris. The king destined it as a mausoleum for himself and his queen Clotilda, and before it was completed his mortal remains were there interred. Clovis died at the age of forty-five. His sarcophagus remained in the crypt of Sainte-Genevieve until the time of the French Revolution, when it was broken open by the revolutionists, and his ashes scattered to the winds, the sanctuary of the beautiful church being destroyed. The history of this monarch has been so hopelessly distorted by popular poetry and so grossly disfigured by the vagaries of the barbarian imagination as make the portrayal of his character wellneigh impossible. However, from authentic accounts of him it may be concluded that his private life was not without virtues. As a statesman he succeeded in accomplishing what neither the genius of Theodoric the Great nor that of any contemporary barbarian king could achieve: upon the ruins of the Roman Empire he built up a powerful system, the influence of which dominated European civilization during many centuries, and from which sprang France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland, without taking into account that northern Spain and northern Italy were also, for a time, under the civilizing regime of the Frankish Empire. Clovis left four sons. Theodoric, the eldest, was the issue of union prior to that contracted with Clotilda, who was, however, the mother of the three others, Clodomir, Childebert, and Clotaire. They divided their father's kingdom among themselves, following the barbarian principle that sought promotion of personal rather than national interests, and looked upon royalty as the personal prerogative of the sons of kings. After the death of Clovis his daughter Clotilda, named after her mother, married Amalric, king of the Visigoths. She died young, being cruelly abused by this Arian prince, who seemed eager to wreak vengeance on the daughter of Clovis for the tragic death of Alaric II. ARNDT (ed.), GREGORY OF TOURS, Historia ecclesiastica Francorum in Mon. Germ. Hist:. Script. RR. Merovingicarum; JUNGHANS, Die Gesdichte der frankischen Konige Childerich und Chlodovich (Gottingen, 1857), tr. by MONOD as Histore critique de rois Childeric et Clovis (Paris, 1879); RAJNA, Le origini dell' epopea francese (Florence, 1884); KURTH, Histoire poetique des Merovingiens (Paris 1893): IDEM, Clovis (Tours, 1896, and Paris, 1901). GODEFROID KURTH Transcribed by Joseph P. Thomas [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IV, Copyright A(c) 1908 by Robert Appleton Company]4 |
| Family 1 | Amalaberge Hérule b. circa 462, d. circa 510 | |
| Marriage | 484 | Principal=Amalaberge Hérule2 |
| Child | 1. | Théodoric D'Austrasie+ b. c 486, d. 5342 |
| Family 2 | Chrotechilde b. 477, d. 3 June 545 | |
| Marriage* | circa 490 | Principal=Chrotechilde1 |
| Child | 1. | Chlotar I roi a Soissons+ b. 500, d. 10 Nov 5611 |
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Cerdic King of the West Saxons1
M, b. circa 467, d. 534
M, b. circa 467, d. 534
| Birth* | circa 467 | England1 |
| Occupation* | from 519 to 534 | king of the West Saxons1 |
| Death* | 534 | 1 |
| Note* | Cerdic, a Saxon earldorman, together with his son Cynric came to England in 495 and founded a settlement on the coast of Hampshire. In 519 father and son fought with the Britons at a place called Charford and from the same year onwards Cerdic assumed the title of King of the West Saxons. They probably conquered the Isle of Wight in 534, the year that Cerdic died.1 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Cynric King of Wessex+ b. c 525, d. 5601 |
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Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon , King of Gwynedd, High King of Britain1
M, b. circa 470, d. 547
M, b. circa 470, d. 547
| Father | Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion , King of Gwynedd1 b. circa 442, d. 534 | |
| Mother | Meddyf verch Maeldaf1 b. circa 446 | |
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| Nickname | Maelgwn Gwynedd, Maglocunus (?)1 | |
| Birth* | circa 470 | Gwynedd, Wales1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Gwallwen verch Afallach1 | |
| Death* | 547 | Unknown GEDCOM info: the widespread mid-century plague1 |
| Family | Gwallwen verch Afallach b. circa 471 | |
| Child | 1. | Domlech verch Maelgwyn+ b. c 5461 |
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Agilulf von Bayern1
M, b. circa 470
M, b. circa 470
| Name Variation | Agilulf De Baviere2 | |
| Birth* | circa 470 | Bayern, Germany1 |
| Marriage* | circa 490 | France, Principal=(?) De Geneve1 |
| Family | (?) De Geneve b. circa 490, d. 500 | |
| Child | 1. | Agivald De Baviere+ b. c 5002 |
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Aesc De Kent1
M, b. circa 470, d. 512
M, b. circa 470, d. 512
| Father | Hengest De Kent1 b. circa 445, d. circa 488 | |
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| Birth* | circa 470 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Roi1 | |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Death* | 512 | 1 |
| Note* | Profession : Roi de Kent de 488 à 512.1 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Octa De Kent+ b. c 495, d. 5391 |
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Theudicote D'Ostrogothie1
F, b. circa 470
F, b. circa 470
| Birth* | circa 470 | 1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Alaric II De Wisigothie1 |
| Family | Alaric II De Wisigothie b. circa 458, d. 507 | |
| Child | 1. | Eustère De Wisigothie+ b. c 488, d. 5211 |
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Industrie De Reims1
F, b. circa 470
F, b. circa 470
| Father | Probus De Reims1 b. circa 440 | |
| Mother | Eulalie (?)1 b. circa 445 | |
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| Birth* | circa 470 | 1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Tonance Ferréol II De Narbonne1 |
| Family | Tonance Ferréol II De Narbonne b. circa 455, d. circa 517 | |
| Children | 1. | Ferréol De Narbonne+ b. c 4901 |
| 2. | Deutérie De Reims+ b. c 503, d. c 5481 | |
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Cerdic De Wessex1
M, b. circa 470, d. 534
M, b. circa 470, d. 534
| Father | Elesa De Morinie1 b. circa 435, d. 495 | |
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| Birth* | circa 470 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Roi1 | |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Death* | 534 | 1 |
| Note* | Profession : Roi de Wessex de 519 à 534.1 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Creoda De Wessex+ b. c 495, d. 5411 |
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Gwallwen verch Afallach1
F, b. circa 471
F, b. circa 471
| Birth* | circa 471 | near, Gwynedd, Wales1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon , King of Gwynedd, High King of Britain1 |
| Family | Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon , King of Gwynedd, High King of Britain b. circa 470, d. 547 | |
| Child | 1. | Domlech verch Maelgwyn+ b. c 5461 |
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Cerdic of Wessex , King of the West Saxons1
M, b. circa 472, d. 534
M, b. circa 472, d. 534
| Father | Elesa sohn von Elsa1 b. circa 439 | |
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| Birth* | circa 472 | alte Sachsen, Germany1 |
| Marriage* | circa 492 | Wessex, Britain, Principal=(Mrs Cerdic of Wessex) (?)1,2 |
| Death* | 534 | Wessex, Britain1 |
| Family | (Mrs Cerdic of Wessex) (?) b. circa 474 | |
| Child | 1. | Creoda of Wessex , King of the West Saxons+ b. c 493, d. 5341 |
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(Mrs Cerdic of Wessex) (?)1
F, b. circa 474
F, b. circa 474
| Birth* | circa 474 | Wessex, Britain1 |
| Marriage* | circa 492 | Wessex, Britain, Principal=Cerdic of Wessex , King of the West Saxons1,2 |
| Family | Cerdic of Wessex , King of the West Saxons b. circa 472, d. 534 | |
| Child | 1. | Creoda of Wessex , King of the West Saxons+ b. c 493, d. 5341 |
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Bethar von Thuringia , Half King of Thuringia1
M, b. circa 475, d. circa 529
M, b. circa 475, d. circa 529
| Father | Bisinus von Thuringia1 b. circa 450 | |
| Mother | Basina of Thuringia1 b. circa 452 | |
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| Name Variation | Badéric De Thuringe2 | |
| Nickname | Betthaire (?)1 | |
| Birth* | circa 475 | Thuringen, Germany1 |
| Birth | circa 485 | 2 |
| Death* | circa 529 | 2 |
| Occupation | Co-Roi de Thuringe2 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Ingunde (?)+ b. c 500, d. 13 Aug 5871 |
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Fergus Mor mac Muredach , King of Dal Riada1
M, b. circa 475, d. 501
M, b. circa 475, d. 501
| Father | Muredach mac Foghan1 b. circa 460 | |
| Mother | Marca (A'Bh Muredach mac Foghan) (?)1 b. circa 461 | |
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| Immigration* | Caledonia or Scotland1 | |
| Birth* | circa 475 | Ireland1 |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Death* | 501 | 1 |
| Note* | FROM: P L Kessler |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Donart mac Fergus , King of Dal Riada+ b. c 490, d. 5071 |
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Chrotechilde1
F, b. 477, d. 3 June 545
F, b. 477, d. 3 June 545
| Father | Chilperic von Bourgogne , King of Burgundy2 b. circa 445, d. 492 | |
| Mother | Caretene ou Agrippine (?)2 b. circa 449, d. 506 | |
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| Name Variation | Clotilde De Burgondie3 | |
| Name Variation | Clotilde von Bourgogne , Queen of the Franks2 | |
| Name Variation | Clotilde1 | |
| Birth* | 477 | Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France1 |
| Marriage* | circa 490 | Principal=Clovis I 'the great' King of the Franks1 |
| Death* | 3 June 545 | Tours, France1 |
| Family | Clovis I 'the great' King of the Franks b. 466, d. 27 November 511 | |
| Child | 1. | Chlotar I roi a Soissons+ b. 500, d. 10 Nov 5611 |
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Fro di Fridleifsson1
M, b. circa 479
M, b. circa 479
| Father | Fridleif Frodasson1 b. circa 456 | |
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| Birth* | circa 479 | Denmark1 |
| Family | ||
| Children | 1. | Ingjald Frodasson+ b. c 5011 |
| 2. | Halfdan Frodasson of Denmark+ b. c 5031 | |
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Skelfi Halfdanssonn1
M, b. circa 480
M, b. circa 480
| Father | Halfdan Hringssonn , King in Ringerik1 b. circa 450 | |
| Mother | Almveigu Eymundsdatter1 b. circa 455 | |
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| Birth* | circa 480 | Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway1 |
| Marriage* | circa 510 | Principal=(Fru Skelfi Halfdanssonn) (?)1 |
| Family | (Fru Skelfi Halfdanssonn) (?) b. circa 482 | |
| Child | 1. | Skjold Skelfissonn+ b. c 5161 |
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Theodon II duke of Bavaria1
M, b. circa 480
M, b. circa 480
| Father | Theodon I duke of Bavaria1 b. circa 460 | |
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| Birth* | circa 480 | Bavaria?1 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Theodon duke of Lower Bavaria+ b. c 5001 |
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Theodoric of the Ostrogoths1
M, b. circa 480
M, b. circa 480
| Father | Theodoric I king of the Ostrogoths1 b. circa 460, d. 26 August 526 | |
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| Birth* | circa 480 | 1 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Theodogotho+ b. c 4901 |
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Chlodéric De Cologne1
M, b. circa 480, d. 509
M, b. circa 480, d. 509
| Father | Sigebert Le Boiteux De Cologne1 b. circa 455, d. 508 | |
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| Birth* | circa 480 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Roi1 | |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Marriage | 1 | |
| Death* | 509 | 1 |
| Note* | Marié à une Agilolfingienne. Profession : Roi de Cologne en 508-5091 |
| Family | ||
| Children | 1. | Dode De Cologne+ b. c 5051 |
| 2. | Mundéric De Cologne+ b. c 505, d. 5321 | |
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(Fru Skelfi Halfdanssonn) (?)1
F, b. circa 482
F, b. circa 482
| Birth* | circa 482 | 1 |
| Marriage* | circa 510 | Principal=Skelfi Halfdanssonn1 |
| Family | Skelfi Halfdanssonn b. circa 480 | |
| Child | 1. | Skjold Skelfissonn+ b. c 5161 |
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(Fru Frodi Fridleifsson) (?)1
F, b. circa 483
F, b. circa 483
| Birth* | circa 483 | Denmark1 |
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Zucchilon De Lombardie1
M, b. circa 485
M, b. circa 485
| Father | Claffon De Lombardie1 b. circa 460 | |
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| Birth* | circa 485 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Prince1 | |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Note* | Profession : Prince Lombard1 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Wacchon De Lombardie+ b. c 5101 |
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Gesalic De Wisigothie1
M, b. circa 485, d. 511
M, b. circa 485, d. 511
| Father | Alaric II De Wisigothie1 b. circa 458, d. 507 | |
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| Birth* | circa 485 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Roi1 | |
| Marriage* | 509 | Principal=N... Vandale1 |
| Death* | 511 | Gaule1 |
| Note* | Bâtard. Profession : Roi des Wisigoths de 507 à 5091 |
| Family | N... Vandale b. circa 490 | |
| Child | 1. | Athanagilde Ier De Wisigothie+ b. 510, d. 14 Mar 5671 |
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Théodoric D'Austrasie1
M, b. circa 486, d. 534
M, b. circa 486, d. 534
| Father | Clovis I 'the great' King of the Franks1 b. 466, d. 27 November 511 | |
| Mother | Amalaberge Hérule1 b. circa 462, d. circa 510 | |
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| Birth* | circa 486 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Roi1 | |
| Marriage* | Principal=Eustère De Wisigothie1 | |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Death* | 534 | 1 |
| Note* | Profession : Roi de Reims de 511 à 534 et de Thuringe de 531 à 534.1 |
| Family | Eustère De Wisigothie b. circa 488, d. 521 | |
| Child | 1. | Théodebert D'Austrasie+ b. 504, d. 5481 |
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Eustère De Wisigothie1
F, b. circa 488, d. 521
F, b. circa 488, d. 521
| Father | Alaric II De Wisigothie1 b. circa 458, d. 507 | |
| Mother | Theudicote D'Ostrogothie1 b. circa 470 | |
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| Birth* | circa 488 | 1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Théodoric D'Austrasie1 | |
| Death* | 521 | 1 |
| Family | Théodoric D'Austrasie b. circa 486, d. 534 | |
| Child | 1. | Théodebert D'Austrasie+ b. 504, d. 5481 |
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Donart mac Fergus , King of Dal Riada1
M, b. circa 490, d. 507
M, b. circa 490, d. 507
| Father | Fergus Mor mac Muredach , King of Dal Riada1 b. circa 475, d. 501 | |
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| Nickname | Domangrat (?)1 | |
| Birth* | circa 490 | Caledonia or Scotland1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Fedelmia (A'Bh Donart mac Fergus) (?)1 | |
| Death* | 507 | 1 |
| Family | Fedelmia (A'Bh Donart mac Fergus) (?) b. circa 331 | |
| Child | 1. | Gabran mac Donart+ b. c 505, d. 5581 |
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Cnebba of the Angles1
M, b. circa 490
M, b. circa 490
| Father | Icel of the Angles , King of the Angles1 b. circa 463 | |
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| Birth* | circa 490 | England1 |
| Marriage* | 1 | |
| Note* | See Icel of the /Angles/ , King of the Angles.1 | |
| Note | Person Source2 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Cynewald of Mercia+ b. c 520, d. 5931 |
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Sigusmund king of the Burgundians1
M, b. circa 490, d. circa 523
M, b. circa 490, d. circa 523
| Father | Gundobad1 b. circa 460, d. circa 516 | |
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| Birth* | circa 490 | 1 |
| Marriage* | circa 510 | Principal=Theodogotho1 |
| Occupation* | from 516 to 523 | king of the Burgundians1 |
| Death* | circa 523 | 1 |
| Family | Theodogotho b. circa 490 | |
| Child | 1. | Wacho King of the Lombards+ b. c 5101 |
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Theodogotho1
F, b. circa 490
F, b. circa 490
| Father | Theodoric of the Ostrogoths1 b. circa 480 | |
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| Birth* | circa 490 | 1 |
| Marriage* | circa 510 | Principal=Sigusmund king of the Burgundians1 |
| Family | Sigusmund king of the Burgundians b. circa 490, d. circa 523 | |
| Child | 1. | Wacho King of the Lombards+ b. c 5101 |
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(?) De Geneve1
F, b. circa 490, d. 500
F, b. circa 490, d. 500
| Father | Godogisel De Geneve1 b. circa 452, d. 500 | |
| Mother | Théodelinde (?)1 b. circa 452 | |
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| Name Variation | (?) de Bourgogne2 | |
| Birth | circa 470 | Bourgogne, France2 |
| Marriage* | circa 490 | France, Principal=Agilulf von Bayern2 |
| Birth* | circa 490 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Princesse1 | |
| Note* | Princesse Burgonde1 | |
| Death* | 500 | France2 |
| Family | Agilulf von Bayern b. circa 470 | |
| Marriage* | circa 490 | France, Principal=Agilulf von Bayern2 |
| Child | 1. | Agivald De Baviere+ b. c 5001 |
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Ferréol De Narbonne1
M, b. circa 490
M, b. circa 490
| Father | Tonance Ferréol II De Narbonne1 b. circa 455, d. circa 517 | |
| Mother | Industrie De Reims1 b. circa 470 | |
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| Birth* | circa 490 | 1 |
| Occupation* | Sénateur1 | |
| Marriage* | Principal=Dode De Cologne1 | |
| Note* | Profession : Sénateur de la région de Narbonne1 |
| Family | Dode De Cologne b. circa 505 | |
| Child | 1. | Ansbert De Schelde+ b. c 523, d. 5701 |
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N... Vandale1
F, b. circa 490
F, b. circa 490
| Birth* | circa 490 | 1 |
| Marriage* | 509 | Principal=Gesalic De Wisigothie1 |
| Family | Gesalic De Wisigothie b. circa 485, d. 511 | |
| Child | 1. | Athanagilde Ier De Wisigothie+ b. 510, d. 14 Mar 5671 |
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Jorund Yngvasson De Varmland1
M, b. circa 490
M, b. circa 490
| Father | Yngvi Alreksson De Varmland1 b. circa 465 | |
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| Name Variation | Jorund Yngvasson , King of Uppsala2 | |
| Birth* | circa 490 | 1 |
| Note* | Profession : Roi de Uppland1 | |
| Marriage* | circa 508 | Sweden, Principal=(Fru Jorund Yngvasson) (?)2 |
| Family | (Fru Jorund Yngvasson) (?) b. circa 491 | |
| Child | 1. | Aun Jorundsson De Varmland+ b. c 5101 |
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Hmayeak Mamikonian Nakharar of Taron1
M, b. 490, d. between 525 and 555
M, b. 490, d. between 525 and 555
| Father | Vard Mamikonian patriarch or Armenia1 b. 450, d. after 509 | |
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| Birth* | 490 | 1 |
| Death* | between 525 and 555 | 1 |
| Family | ||
| Child | 1. | Moushegh I Mamikonian Sparapet & Marzban of Armenia+ b. 525, d. 5931 |
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(Fru Jorund Yngvasson) (?)1
F, b. circa 491
F, b. circa 491
| Birth* | circa 491 | Sweden1 |
| Marriage* | circa 508 | Sweden, Principal=Jorund Yngvasson De Varmland1 |
| Family | Jorund Yngvasson De Varmland b. circa 490 | |
| Child | 1. | Aun Jorundsson De Varmland+ b. c 5101 |
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Joël Morin
Edmonton, AB
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