Merovech
Sign in to saveMerovech (; ; 411 –457) was the ancestor of the Merovingian dynasty, and the grandfather of its founder Clovis I. He was reportedly a king of the Salian Franks, but records of his existence are mixed with legend and myth. The most important written source, Gregory of Tours, recorded that Merovech was said to be descended from Chlodio, a roughly contemporary Frankish warlord who pushed from the Silva Carbonaria in modern central Belgium as far south as the Somme, north of Paris in modern-day France. His supposed descendants, the kings Childeric I and Clovis I, are the first well-attested Merovi
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Merovech was a legendary Frankish king from the 5th century who is remembered as the ancestor of the Merovingian dynasty, one of the most important early medieval European kingdoms. While historical records about him are scarce and mixed with myth, he matters primarily because his descendants—particularly his grandson Clovis I—went on to establish and rule the Frankish kingdom that would dominate much of Western Europe.
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- Royalty.name
- Merovech
- Royalty.image
- Médaille Roi de France Mérovée|220px
- Royalty.caption
- An artists impression of Merovech (bronze medal by Jean Dassier), made in 1720.
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Salian Franks
- Royalty.reign
- 450–457
- Royalty.predecessor
- Chlodio
- Royalty.successor
- Childeric I
- Royalty.birth_date
- 411
- Royalty.death_date
- 457
- Royalty.issue
- Childeric I
- Royalty.house
- Merovingians
- Royalty.father
- Chlodio ?
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Merovech (; ; 411 –457) was the ancestor of the Merovingian dynasty, and the grandfather of its founder Clovis I. He was reportedly a king of the Salian Franks, but records of his existence are mixed with legend and myth. The most important written source, Gregory of Tours, recorded that Merovech was said to be descended from Chlodio, a roughly contemporary Frankish warlord who pushed from the Silva Carbonaria in modern central Belgium as far south as the Somme, north of Paris in modern-day France. His supposed descendants, the kings Childeric I and Clovis I, are the first well-attested Merovingians.
He may have been one of several barbarian warlords and kings that joined forces with the Roman general Aetius against the Huns under Attila at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in Gaul in 451.