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Merovech

fl. mid-5th century · 5th century

Merovech was a semi-legendary king of the Salian Franks in the mid-5th century, from whom the Merovingian dynasty took its name. Gregory of Tours says only that some held him to be of the family of Chlodio and that he was the father of Childeric I. A later legend in the Chronicle of Fredegar gave him a sea creature as father.

Merovech
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Salian Franks

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Merovech. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/merovech
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