Childeric I King of the Salian Franks 1 2 3
- Born: Between 436 and 437, Westphalia, Alemannia (Germany)
- Marriage (1): Basina Andovera of Thuringia
- Died: 26 Nov 482, Tournai, (Hainaut), Frankish Kingdom (Belgium)
- Buried: Tournai, (Hainaut), Frankish Kingdom (Belgium)
Research Notes:
From Wikipedia - Childeric I :
Childeric I (c. 437 - c. 481 ) was the Merovingian king of the Salian Franks from 457 until his death, and the father of Clovis .
He succeeded his father Merovech (Latinised as Meroveus or Merovius) as king, traditionally in 457 or 458 . With his Frankish warband he was established with his capital at Tournai , on lands which he had received as a foederatus of the Romans , and for some time he kept the peace with his allies.
In about 463 in Orléans , in conjunction with the Roman General Aegidius , who was based in Soissons , he defeated the Visigoths , who hoped to extend their dominion along the banks of the Loire River. After the death of Aegidius, he first assisted Comes ("count") Paul of Angers , together with a mixed band of Gallo-Romans and Franks, in defeating the Goths and taking booty. Odoacer reached Angers but Childeric arrived the next day and a battle ensued. Count Paul was killed and Childeric took the city. Childeric, having delivered Angers, followed a Saxon warband to the islands on the Atlantic mouth of the Loire, and massacred them there. In a change of alliances, he also joined forces with Odoacer , according to Gregory of Tours , to stop a band of the Alamanni who wished to invade Italy .
The stories of his expulsion by the Franks, whose women he was taking; of his eight-year stay in Thuringia with King Basin and his wife Basina; of his return when a faithful servant advised him that he could safely do so by sending to him half of a piece of gold which he had broken with him; and of the arrival in Tournai of Queen Basina , whom he married come from Gregory of Tours' Libri Historiarum (Book ii.12).
He died in 481 and was buried in Tournai , leaving a son Clovis , afterwards king of the Franks.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of the Salian Franks: at Tournai, 458-481.
Childeric married Basina Andovera of Thuringia, daughter of Banin of Thuringia and Basina of Saxony. (Basina Andovera of Thuringia was born about 438 in Thuringia, (Germany) and died about 480.)
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