Third Generation


Family of King Merovech of the Franks (5)

14. King Childerich I of the Franks. Born ca 436. Childerich I died on 26 Nov 481 in Tournai.

Childerich, also spelled Childeric, son of Merovech, king of the Franks in Gaul (458-459, and 463-481).

ca 463 Childerich I married Basina of Thuringia. Born ca 438/440. Basina died aft 470.

Basina, deserted her husband, King Basinus of Thuringia. Childerich had been exiled by his subjects and sent to Thuringia where he enjoyed the hospitality of King Basinus. When Childerich returned to Gaul, he took Basinus’s wife with him.

Their children include:
23 i. King Clovis I of the Franks (ca 467-27 Nov 511)
24 ii. Audeflede of the Franks (-534)
25 iii. Lantechildis
26 iv. Albofledis


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