Clodio King of the Salic Franks [Legendary] ^{1 2 3}

   Other names for Clodio were Clodion King of the Salic Franks and Clodius King of the Salic Franks.

  Research Notes:

Legendary. May not have been a real person, and, if a real person, may not have been the father of Merovech.

King of Salic Franks, named after the Franks near the Sale river in Belgium.

From Wikipedia -List of Frankish kings :
Clodio , possible son of Pharamond, King at Dispargum and later Tournai (426 - 447)

From Wikipedia - Clodio :
Chlodio[1] was a king of the Salian Franks from the Merovingian dynasty . He was known as a Long-Haired King and lived at a place on the Thuringian border called Dispargum . From there he invaded the Roman Empire in 428 and settled in Northern Gaul , where already other groups of Salians were settled. Although he was attacked by Romans he was able to maintain his position and 3 years later in 431 he extended his kingdom down south to the Somme River . In 448 , 20 years after his reign began Chlodio was defeated at an unidentified place called Vicus Helena by Flavius Aëtius , the commander of the Roman Army in Gaul.

Like all Merovingian kings Chlodio had long hair as a ritual custom. His successor may have been Merovech , after whom the dynasty was named 'Merovingian'. One legend has it that his father was Pharamond . The sources on Chlodio's history are Gregory of Tours and Sidonius Apollinaris .

Sources
Gregory of Tours , Historiën.
Sidonius Apollinaris , Loeb Classical Edition.

  Noted events in his life were:

• King of Salian Franks: at Dispargum and later Tournai, 426-447.

Clodio married Basina de Thuringia, daughter of Alaric I de Thuringia and Galla Placidia of Cauca. (Basina de Thuringia was born in 398 in Thuringia, (Germany) and died about 414 in France.)