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Marcomir Duke of the East Franks
(Abt 0347-0404)
< > [Daughter of Boaz]
Genebald II Duke of the Salian Franks
(Abt 0345-Abt 0419)
Pharamond King of the Franks [Legendary]
(Abt 0369-Abt 0428)
Argotta Princess of the Salian Franks
(Abt 0376-)
Clodio King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]
(Abt 0395-0447)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Basina de Thuringia

Clodio King of the Salic Franks [Legendary] 1 2 3

  • Born: Abt 395, <Gallia Belgica (France or Belgium)>
  • Marriage (1): Basina de Thuringia
  • Died: 447 about age 52

   Other names for Clodio were Clodion King of the Salic Franks and Clodius King of the Salic Franks.

  Research Notes:

Legendary. May not have been a real person, and, if a real person, may not have been the father of Merovech.

King of Salic Franks, named after the Franks near the Sale river in Belgium.

From Wikipedia -List of Frankish kings :
Clodio , possible son of Pharamond, King at Dispargum and later Tournai (426 - 447)

From Wikipedia - Clodio :
Chlodio[1] was a king of the Salian Franks from the Merovingian dynasty . He was known as a Long-Haired King and lived at a place on the Thuringian border called Dispargum . From there he invaded the Roman Empire in 428 and settled in Northern Gaul , where already other groups of Salians were settled. Although he was attacked by Romans he was able to maintain his position and 3 years later in 431 he extended his kingdom down south to the Somme River . In 448 , 20 years after his reign began Chlodio was defeated at an unidentified place called Vicus Helena by Flavius Aëtius , the commander of the Roman Army in Gaul.

Like all Merovingian kings Chlodio had long hair as a ritual custom. His successor may have been Merovech , after whom the dynasty was named 'Merovingian'. One legend has it that his father was Pharamond . The sources on Chlodio's history are Gregory of Tours and Sidonius Apollinaris .

Sources
Gregory of Tours , Historiën.
Sidonius Apollinaris , Loeb Classical Edition.

  Noted events in his life were:

• King of Salian Franks: at Dispargum and later Tournai, 426-447.


Clodio married Basina de Thuringia, daughter of Alaric I de Thuringia and Galla Placidia of Cauca. (Basina de Thuringia was born in 398 in Thuringia, (Germany) and died about 414 in France.)


Sources


1 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Clodio.

2 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593873344.

3 <i>http://www.familysearch.org</i>, Compact Disc #94 Pin #99020 (submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer).


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