LINEAGE FROM THE MEROVINGIAN KINGS OF FRANCE
A Crouch Family Heritage Association Family
Tree page, Nance family line
Each numbered line counts as one generation. The main person listed in line
18, for example, would be the child of the main person listed in line 17.
Numbers don't always start at 1.
- 1. Clodian, King of the Salic Franks, 428-448, was born about 380 and
died about 448. The Salic Franks came from Dieburg in Hessen, the name of
Salic being derived from the river Saale which flows southwest into the
Main River in Franconia about thirty miles east of Dieburg. Clodian's lands
were at Tournai and correspond generally with the territory of Hainaut.
- 2. Merovaeus, son or son-in-law of Clodian, b. ca. 411, d. 458, defeated
Atilla with the aid of Aetius, 451, king, 448-458.
- 3. Childeric I, b. ca. 436, d. 481, king of the Salic Franks, 458-481;
after 463, Basina of Thuringia; his kingdom included Seine, Marne, Meuse,
Moselle, Treves, Angers and Orleans; in 1653, his tomb was discovered in
Tournai; it contained his seal ring and several gold bees, the imperial
emblem of the Merovingians later adopted by Napoleon.
- 4. Clovis the Great, b. 465, d. 11 Nov. 511; m. (2) St. Clothilda, b.
475) d. 3 June 548, dau. of King Chilperic, son of Gundioc, King of Burgundy,
436-473, son of Gundicaire, b. ca. 385, King of Burgundy, slain by the Huns
in 436. Clovis, King of the Salic Franks, 481-511, defeated the Roman general
Syagrius near Soissons, 486, and the Alemanni 496. Through the influence
of Chlotilda, he was baptized as a Christian by St. Remy at Rheims, 25 Dec.
496,
- 5. Clothaire I, b. 499, d. 561; m. Radegonda, a dau. of the king of
the Thuringian Franks. He was king of Soissons, 511-561.
- 6. Chilperic I, b. 539, d. 584, King of Neustria (Soissons), 561-584,
m. Fredegonda, b. 543, d. 597.
- 7, Clothaire II, b, 584, d. 628, King of Soissons, 584-613, sole king
of the Franks, 617-628; m. Altrude.
- 8. Dagobert I, b. 602, d. 638, King of Austrasia, 622-628, sole king
of France, 628-638; considered the greatest of the Merovingian kings of
France.
- 9. Seigbert III, King of Austrasia, 639-654. He was banished to an Irish
Monastery by Pepin of Landon.
- 10. Dagobert II, King of Austrasia, 676-680.
- 11. Adela, dau. of Dagobert II, and mother of Aubri I.
- 12. Aubri I, Count of Blois.
- 13. Aubri II, Count of Blois
- 14. Theidlindis, dau. of Aubri II, m. Count Gainfroi, fl. 795, son of
Mainier, Count of Sens, Duke of Austria, 791-796, d. 800, and his wife,
a dau. of Duke Haudre.
- 15. Giselbert, Count in the Massgau (the valley of the Lleuse river),
839-842; prob. m. a sister of Echard, Count of Hesbaye.
- 16. Giselbert, Count of Darnau, 846-863;
m. Helletrude of Lorraine (also called Ermengarde),
dau. of the Emperor Lothair I (53-15).
Quoted from "Genealogy of the Nances in Cornwall" by Martin L.
"Pete" Nance, 1970.
who quoted from Mr. Frederick Lewis Weis who states: "The Compiler
purposely has not had his work copyrighted, so that any descendant or scholar
may use freely whatever he desires".
Mr. Harold King Bowen,428 Vista Avenue, Pasadena, California, has compiled
and copyrighted "The Book of Adam" which includes the genealogy
of the Bible and its connecting link to most of the royal families found
in this section of the NANCE REGISTER.
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