| Name |
Merovingian, Childeric |
| Prefix |
King Of Salic Franks |
| Suffix |
I |
| Born |
437 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
437 |
| Title of Nobility |
457 |
| King of the Franks |
| Title of Nobility |
458 |
Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium |
| King of Tournai |
| Military Service |
463 |
| Fought in conjunction with the Roman General Aegidius, the magister militum of northern Gaul based in Soissons, to defeat the Visigoths, who had hoped to extend their dominion along the banks of the Loire River. |
| Military Service |
469 |
| After the death of Aegidius, he assisted Comes ("count") Paul of Angers, together with a mixed band of Gallo-Romans and Franks, in defeating the Goths and taking booty. Saxon raiders under the command of Odoacer reached Angers and captured it, but Child |
| Military Service |
From 476 to 481 |
| He and Odoacer discussed the possibility of an alliance against the Alamanni who wished to invade Italy. |
| _FSFTID |
LZBP-XGH |
| _UID |
9A6DF6F836A159418A3135B164C62A015CD6 |
| Died |
26 Nov 481 |
Tournai, Hainaut, Walloon Region, Belgium |
| Buried |
Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium |
| Person ID |
I24594 |
NewFranceGenealogy |
| Last Modified |
26 May 2017 |
| Family |
Queen of Thuringia Basina Andovena, b. Abt 438, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany , d. 477, Tournai-sur-Dives, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France (Age ~ 39 years) [1] |
| Married |
Aft 463 |
| _UID |
1F2159F53D9C42428EF5264B1D8CCE5FB535 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Merovingian, Queen of the Ostrogoths Audofleda, b. 25 Dec 452, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. 30 Apr 538, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age 85 years) |
| + | 2. Merovingian, King Of The Franks Colvis I, b. 16 Dec 465, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France , d. 27 Nov 511, Paris, Ile-de-France, France (Age 45 years) |
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| Last Modified |
27 May 2017 |
| Family ID |
F10820 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
437 - 481 (44 years)