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Historian Étienne Renard, based on a new interpretation of two royal genealogies from the 9th and 10th centuries, suggests that
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was the death of their king and the disagreement of his children over the succession, the elder being allied with Attila and the younger with Aetius. As
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Merovee (Merow'ih) is the son of Chlodebaude (Hl'udbead), married in 435, he could hardly have had Childeric (Hildrih), himself king around 456, as a son. He deduces that Merovee (Merow'ih) is the nickname of Chlodebaude (Hl'udbead), son of
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Glodobode. Ghlodobedus begot Mereveo. Mereveus begot Hilbricco. Hildebricus begot Genniodo. Genniodus begot Hilderico. Childericus begot Chlodoveo...
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appear in a vision as a hideous fish creature. Wilson then goes a step further by identifying Jesus and Mary
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1017:. London: Longman Group, 1994.
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1204:Charibert I
1180:Theuderic I
1156:Childeric I
1090:Childeric I
1013:Wood, Ian.
843:Ge-Magazine
764:, II, p.33.
758:Georg Waitz
642:Wood, Ian.
526:Widow's Son
446:Theodoric I
314:Ian S. Wood
290:Childeric I
246:famed fight
190:Childeric I
184:, north of
162:Merovingian
130:Merovingian
72:Childeric I
58:Predecessor
1379:Categories
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1216:Sigebert I
1198:Chlothar I
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1318:Clovis IV
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1296:(657–673)
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1288:Clovis II
1270:Chilperic
1174:Chlodomer
1044:Merovech
488:Dan Brown
450:Visigoths
269:(ge)vecht
227:The name
100:Childeric
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1162:Clovis I
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