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• FSID: LXQ4-3HL

Notes:

Rubellia Bassa (born between 33-38) was a daughter of Gaius Rubellius Blandus, consul in AD 18 and possibly his wife Julia Livia (killed 43) or an earlier wife.
It has been theorized that her mother was Julia Livia (daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla), which would make Bassa the great-granddaughter of Tiberius and the great-great-niece of Augustus through his sister Octavia the Younger; however, this lineage is uncertain because her father, Gaius Rubellius Blandus married Julia when he was around 55, which makes an earlier marriage likely (possibly to a Laecania Bassa), and Rubellia Bassa may have been the daughter of Blandus by this theorized earlier marriage.
Bassa had at least one sibling or half-sibling, a brother named Gaius Rubellius Plautus who was one of the nearest heirs of the blood of Tiberius, being the grandson of Drusus Julius Caesar. Plautus was forced to kill himself in 62 and his wife Antistia Pollitta and children were executed four years later, perhaps because the children were direct descendants of previous Roman Emperors.
Marriage and possible descendants[edit]
Rubellia Bassa married Gaius Octavius Laenas, maternal uncle of the future emperor Nerva. Ronald Syme claims that Sergius Octavius Laenas Pontianus, consul in 131 under Emperor Hadrian, set up a dedication to his grandmother, "[Rub]elliae / [Bla]ndi f(iliae) Bassae / Octavi Laenatis / Sergius Octavius / Laenas Pontianus / aviae optimae ".[1][2] This obscure link is perhaps a continuation of the Julio-Claudian bloodline through the 2nd century.

Family/Spouse: Gaius Octavius Laenas. Gaius was born in 35 in Gaul, Roman Empire; died in 72 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LXQ4-37B

Family/Spouse: Pontia. Pontia was born in UNKNOWN in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD); died in DECEASED in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• House: gens Octavia
• FSID: L2S3-LSC

Notes:

Marcus Sergius or Servius Octavius Laenas Pontianus was a Roman politician of the early second century. He served as consul in AD 131, alongside Marcus Antonius Rufinus, during the reign of Hadrian.

ReferencesName[edit]
Pontianus is not mentioned in ancient writers, and although his name occurs in a number of inscriptions, his precise nomenclature is uncertain. His praenomen is given as Marcus in an inscription from Samothrace,[1] but in all other inscriptions he is either Servius or Sergius. Servius could be either a praenomen or a nomen gentilicium; both were widespread, but not particularly common. The gentile name Sergius was better known, and frequently substituted for Servius in inscriptions; this may explain why several inscriptions record Pontianus' name using the standard abbreviation for Servius,[2] while in others it was apparently written Sergius.[3][4] However, the abbreviation could be used for the gentile name Servius as well as the praenomen; and further complicating matters, in imperial times it was not uncommon for members of the Roman aristocracy to possess part or all of two or more complete nomenclatures.[5] Thus, it is entirely possible for Pontianus to have been named Marcus Sergius Octavius, Marcus Servius Octavius, Sergius Octavius, or Servius Octavius, in which Marcus, Servius, or both could be praenomina.
A small amount of epigraphic evidence weighs in favour of Sergius in connection with the Octavia gens, which regularly used the praenomen Marcus, but not Servius. A second-century inscription from Vienna in Gallia Narbonensis mentions a Marcus Sergius Octavius, who dedicated a grave for his mother, Vennonia Iarilla; but given the location and his mother's name, it is doubtful whether he is the same man.[6] An undated inscription from Rome mentions a boy, Sergius Octavius Caricus, buried by his father, who is not named.[7] But perhaps the best indication of whether Pontianus inherited the name Servius or Sergius comes from the tomb of Nerva's mother, apparently Pontianus' great-aunt: according to the inscription, her name was "Sergia Plautilla", and she was the daughter of a Laenas, Pontianus' proavus.[8]
Descent[edit]
Pontianus was probably born in the late first century to an otherwise unknown Octavius Laenas; the surname Pontianus suggests that his mother may have been named Pontia. Because so little is known of his life, his historical significance is based less on his consulship, which seems to have been uneventful, and more on his descent from Tiberius, and his relationship to Nerva.[9]
Besides the inscriptions mentioning his consulship, Pontianus had a monument built at Tusculum in memory of his grandmother, Rubellia Bassa, the daughter of Gaius Rubellius Blandus and Julia.[10] Rubellia's father was from a rather obscure family, but he had been consul in AD 18. Her mother, Julia, was the daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar, the natural son of Tiberius, and Livilla, a grandniece of Augustus. Few of Pontianus' contemporaries could have claimed descent from the Julio-Claudian Dynasty. One possible exception was Sergius Rubellius Plautus, whose name has been found on a lead pipe at Rome;[11] he may have been a son of Blandus and Julia, or perhaps another relative.[12]
In the paternal line, Pontianus was related to the emperor Nerva. The emperor's mother, Sergia Plautilla, was a sister of Gaius Octavius Laenas, consul in AD 33, and the husband of Rubellia Bassa, making Pontianus the emperor's first cousin once removed.[9][13]
Career[edit]
Pontianus was consul for the first four months of AD 131, alongside Marcus Antonius Rufinus, about midway through the reign of Hadrian. The emperor was away from Rome, visiting Egypt during their consulship, which seems to have been uneventful. Although the consulship remained the chief executive magistracy, under the authority of the emperors, much of its significance—and the reason why several different pairs of consuls shared the office each year—was to prepare able administrators to hold provincial governorships and other important positions throughout the empire. But while Pontianus probably held a variety of magistracies and other appointments before and after the consulship, none of the inscriptions mentioning him give any details of his career, except that he seems to have been a member of the College of Pontiffs.[14]

Family/Spouse: Paullus Paulla. Paullus was born in 105 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy; died in DECEASED in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: G9P5-FWR

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G9P5-ZXF

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: G9P5-8XZ

Family/Spouse: Anicius Faustus Paulinus. Anicius (son of Quintus Anicius Faustus Sextus and Sergia Paulla Lucius) was born in 160 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy; died in 230 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LVYW-ZTL

Family/Spouse: de Lombardy, Ibor I. Ibor (son of de Lombardy, Haquinus and de Lombardy, Gambara Aalis) was born in 200 in Europe; died in DECEASED in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: GZY2-TD6

Family/Spouse: de Toxandría, Marcomir V. Marcomir (son of of the Salian Franks, Childeric I and Ceasonia Julianus) was born in 220 in Tongeren, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands; died in 281 in Cordemais, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GZBR-RBV

Family/Spouse: de Winniles, Gamara. Gamara was born in 252 in Europe; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LZ6Y-LNZ
• Appointments / Titles: 289; King of the Scambian Franks

Family/Spouse: de Francs, Queen Athildis. Athildis was born in 245 in Germany; died in 289 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: GZTX-QPJ

Family/Spouse: Iunii Neratii. Iunii (daughter of Neratius Gallus and Aemilia Pudentilla) was born in 275 in Italy; died in DECEASED in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Chief of the Ripuarian Franks
• Appointments / Titles: King of the Franks
• FSID: LZ6Y-LVT

Notes:

In 306 he and Ascaric led a Frankish raid across the Rhine into southern Gaul while Constantine the Great was campaigning against the Picts in Britannia. Apparently the two had made a previous agreement with Rome not to cross the border, since Constantine sought to punish them as traitors upon his return. The two chieftains were defeated, captured, and executed "for their past crimes," an act which "bound with fear the slippery loyalty of the whole race," according to one of the emperor's anonymous panegyrists. The execution took place in one of the chief cities of Gaul, probably Trier, and the two Franks and their followers were torn apart by animals in the amphitheatre before a large crowd. Their defeat was followed by the subjection of the Bructeri.

-- Wikiwand: Merogais

Family/Spouse: d'Alemanie, Queen Eva Blesinde Margolis. Eva was born in 272 in Tongeren, Limburg, Belgium; died in 307 in Gaul, Roman Empire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: G8L1-KRD

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G884-2P7

Notes:

When Ascyla Queen of Lombardy de Ascyllius was born in 0322, in Gaul, Roman Empire, her father, Ascyllius de Francie, was 19 and her mother, Asilia de Lombardie, was 18. She had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Frankish General Teutomer Hildeoch. She died on 15 August 0413, in France, at the age of 91.

Family/Spouse: de France, Ascyllius. Ascyllius (son of de Toxandrie, King Ragaise and d'Alemanie, Queen Eva Blesinde Margolis) was born in 303 in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD); died in 338 in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD); was buried in 379 in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: of The East Franks, King Dagobert II. Dagobert (son of of the East Franks, Génébald I and of the Sicambrian Franks, Queen Athildis Coilus) was born in 300 in Cologne, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died on 23 Dec 379 in Cöln, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was buried on 23 Dec 379 in Sachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duke
• Appointments / Titles: Duke of The East Franks
• Appointments / Titles: King of the Salic Franks
• Life Event: 1er Roi Franc en Toxandrie, Patrice De Constantinople, Sénateur
• Life Event: Patrice of Constantinople
• Life Event: Sénateur d'Orient of Rome
• FSID: GMN9-RQ2
• Occupation: Roman General of the fourth century, active under the Emperor Constantius II
• Birth: Jan 295, Kingdom of the Salian Franks
• Birth: 300, Cologne, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Burial: 360, Gaul, Roman Empire
• Death: Jan 360, Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Death: 379, Cologne, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Notes:

From Wikipedia

Toxandria -
Toxandria in a map of Central Europe (919-1125).Toxandria is the classical name for a region between the Meuse and the Scheldt rivers in the Netherlands and Belgium. The name is also spelled Taxandria. The Salian Franks that settled the area in the 4th century became known as Toxandrians. These tribes gave rise to the Merovingian dynasty that came to dominate what is now France.

In these ancient times, the many barbarian tribes, given the broad label as Germanic tribes (Latin Germanicus) by the Romans, originated from Scandinavia and had by the 1st century BC spread through vast areas of today's central and western Europe.

Because of their continuous raids, these tribes subdivided into separate clans and moved on to other areas. In the middle of the 3rd century, two members of the tribal confederacy known as the Franks, the Salians and the Ripuarians, began penetrating the Roman frontier around Mainz but were soon driven back by Emperor Probus.

Despite the temporary setback, the moves against the ever-weakening Roman masters resulted in Emperor Julian buying peace in 358 by handing over Toxandria to the Salians who then became Roman allies and provided troops for the imperial army.

This entente would shape both the Salian language and law, resulting in the 6th century Salic law written in Latin. The Ripuarians took up residence in a strip of territory between the Rhine River and the Meuse and, like all the wandering tribes, never formed any permanent alliances with the Salians in Toxandria.

In the ensuing years, the Toxandrians did not continue to collectively wander from one place to another as other Germanic tribes, but instead began to expand their territory outwards. The Romans were soon again under attack with the emergence of the first strong leader Meroveus, after whom the Merovingian dynasty would be named.

Notably, his son, Childeric I made further agreements that expanded their territory while aiding the Romans in driving out several invaders from around Orléans and Angers. In the ensuing years, Childeric's son Clovis I emerged as the dominant force who would, through his military might, add parts of present day Germany to his kingdom and shape what was to become modern day France.

Dagobert is a fictitious character, or rather one whose true facts have escaped genealogists so far.

Family/Spouse: de Lombardy, Asilia. Asilia (daughter of d'Alemanie, Aio Agio Ajonis Agiluf and Iunii Neratii) was born in 304 in Germany; died in 377 in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Life Event: First King of France and Toxandrie
• Life Event: Patrice of Constantinople
• Life Event: Roman General of the fourth century, active under the Emperor Constantius II
• Life Event: Sénateur d'Orient of Rome
• FSID: GMN9-RQ2
• Life Event: 355; He retained the office of Tribune of the Gentiles and protested in the intrigues against the Gaul officer Claudio Silvano.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G7BF-Z9J
• Occupation: Frankish General

Notes:

https://www.geni.com/people/Teutomer-a-Frankish-general/6000000016634239813

Family/Spouse: de Ascyllius, Queen Ascyla. Ascyla (daughter of de France, Ascyllius and de Lombardy, Asilia) was born in 322 in Toxandria, De Kempen, Limburg, Belgium; died on 15 Aug 413 in Toxandria, De Kempen, Limburg, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Queen of Lombardia
• Appointments / Titles: Queen of the Franks at Toxandria
• FSID: LZVX-839

Notes:

When Ascyla Queen of Lombardy de Ascyllius was born in 0322, in Gaul, Roman Empire, her father, Ascyllius de Francie, was 19 and her mother, Asilia de Lombardie, was 18. She had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Frankish General Teutomer Hildeoch. She died on 15 August 0413, in France, at the age of 91.

Theudemeres is the son of the Roman commander, Ricimer (Richomeres). A Roman army enters Gaul, possibly in retaliation for Frankish support for the Roman usurper, Jovinus. Theudemeres and his mother Ascyla (Ricimer's wife) are executed by the sword.

Family/Spouse: Teutomer Hildeoch. Teutomer (son of de Francs, Germain) was born in 310 in Milano, Lombardia, Italy; died on 26 Jun 363 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LZLX-M8F
• Name: Genebald of The East Franks
• Title: Duke
• Birth: 354, Kingdom of the East Franks
• Appointments / Titles: 388, Köln, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; King of Salian Franks
• Appointments / Titles: Between 414 and 419; Duke of the East Franks
• Death: 419, Moselle, Lorraine, France

Notes:

The History Files

The Sicambri were one of the main branches of the powerful fourth century confederation known as the Franks. As with most Germans, their origins lay in the aforementioned Scandinavia and the northern reaches of mainland Europe, but later legend claimed a homeland for them in the region of the Black Sea. They gradually migrated to the Rhine and were first documented when they were to be found occupying territory on the Lower Rhine valley (on the east bank, in what is now northern Belgium and the southern Netherlands), during the third century (the Period of Migration). This unsettled period eventually forced the creation of several new alliances and confederations, with the Franks being one of the biggest of the latter. They were one of several West Germanic federations, and were formed of elements of the Ampsivarii, Batavi, Bructeri, Chamavi, Chatti, Chattuarii, Cherusci, Frisii, Salians, Sicambri, Tencteri, Tubantes, and Usipetes. Most of these peoples were already living along the Rhine's northern borders in what was becoming known as Francia.

(Names listed as "Sicambri include, Genebald, Merovee, Chlodio, Dagobert, Chlodomer, over several generations)

... in 388, Gendobaud (aka Genobaud), Sunno and Marcomer lead an invasion of Salian Franks into the Roman provinces of Germania and Belgia. Their warriors break through the limes, destroying farmlands and killing people around the city of Cologne, before retreating across the border with their booty. Roman General Quintinus mounts a reprisal raid across the border but his troops are surrounded and beaten, and very few of them make it back.

A later source suggests that after the death of Sunno, Marcomer attempts to unite the Frankish tribes by proposing his own son, Pharamond as the first king, or perhaps 'high king' would be more appropriate. His success or failure is unrecorded, but in the early fifth century, Pharamond is certainly regarded as the first (high) king of the Franks.

From this point, rival Frankish divisions begin to be recorded, and the Sicambrian Franks themselves emerge more into history than the traditional genealogies of previous leaders can allow. The Salian Franks prove to be strong rivals to the Sicambri, although it appears that both branches soon merge under the Salian banner and follow a single, semi-legendary leader in the form of Merovée.

...

Family/Spouse: of Toxandria, Princess Blesinda. Blesinda (daughter of de Toxandria, Priaros and de Menapie, Dulce Douce) was born in 358 in Kingdom of the Sicambrian Franks, Gaul, Roman Empire; died in 420 in Kingdom of the Sicambrian Franks, Gaul, Roman Empire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: de Camulod, Althildis. Althildis was born in 338 in Alsace, Lorraine, France; died in 411 in Somme, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Queen of Lombardia
• Appointments / Titles: Queen of the Franks at Toxandria
• FSID: LZVX-839

Notes:

When Ascyla Queen of Lombardy de Ascyllius was born in 0322, in Gaul, Roman Empire, her father, Ascyllius de Francie, was 19 and her mother, Asilia de Lombardie, was 18. She had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Frankish General Teutomer Hildeoch. She died on 15 August 0413, in France, at the age of 91.

Theudemeres is the son of the Roman commander, Ricimer (Richomeres). A Roman army enters Gaul, possibly in retaliation for Frankish support for the Roman usurper, Jovinus. Theudemeres and his mother Ascyla (Ricimer's wife) are executed by the sword.

Family/Spouse: Teutomer Hildeoch. Teutomer (son of de Francs, Germain) was born in 310 in Milano, Lombardia, Italy; died on 26 Jun 363 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GHMQ-1FV
• Life Event: Between 376 and 396, Gaul, Roman Empire; King of Toxandrie and France

Notes:

roi des Francs en Toxandrie, Chef des Francs 376-396

Family/Spouse: de Menapie, Dulce Douce. Dulce (daughter of Teutomer Hildeoch and de Ascyllius, Queen Ascyla) was born in 340 in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD); died in 375 in Roman Empire ( 27 BC - 389 AD). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G836-3LQ

Family/Spouse: de Toxandria, Priaros. Priaros (son of de Toxandrie, Malaric I) was born in 324 in Toxandria, De Kempen, Limburg, Belgium; died in 396 in Toxandria, De Kempen, Limburg, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Queen of the Franks
• Appointments / Titles: Queen of the Salian Franks
• FSID: LZGG-LSG
• Occupation: Princess of Cimbri

Notes:

She is said to have descended from people of this area. Cimbri is the area now known as the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark-

Argotta "la Mère de tout les Rois" des Francs
French: Argote des Cimbres, Swedish: Argotta av Westphalia (av Östfrankerna)

Also Known As: "Argotta Queen of the (Salic) Franks", "De Thuringia", "Kings Of France", "wife of The King of the Franks", "wife of the King of Westphalia", "Argotta av Friesland", "Argotta Sicambria", "Mother of all the kings of France", "Princess of Sicambrai", "Argotta Rosamonde"

Birthdate: circa 376
Birthplace: Frankish Territory [North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany]
Death: circa 438 (54-70)
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Genebald II, duke of the East Franks and Athildis de Camulod

Wife of Pharamond, king of the Franks and Théodémir, King of the Franks at Thérouanne

Mother of Fredemundus; Clodius de Cologne, VI; Adalbertus de Cologne; Chararic (Guerric) de Tongres; Sigebert De Soissons, King de Cologne; Weldelphus; Frotmund; Mérovée I de France; Erlicia Erelieve de Cologne; Basina de Cologne; Chlodégar, king of the Salian Francs at Cologne.

Sister of Amalaberge of the Franks and Dagobert, Duke of the East Franks

Occupation: Queen of the Franks, ABT 0376, Koningin van de Franken, Princesse, des Cimbres, Princess France/Sicambrian Heiress, , Princess of the Salic Franks, Queen of the Salic Franks, Queen of Franks, Queen of the Salian Franks, MSD2-MQM.

Birth: about 376; Sicambria, Western Europe, France.
Death: about 438; Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Prussia, Germany.

Argotta "la Mère de tout les Roys" des Francs
French: Argote des Cimbres, Swedish: Argotta av Westphalia (av Östfrankerna)

Also Known As: "Argotta Queen of the (Salic) Franks", "De Thuringia", "Kings Of France", "wife of The King of the Franks", "wife of the King of Westphalia", "Argotta av Friesland", "Argotta Sicambria", "Mother of all the kings of France", "Princess of Sicambrai", "Argotta Rosamonde"

Birthdate: circa 376
Birthplace: Frankish Territory [North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany]
Death: circa 438 (54-70)
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Genebald II, duke of the East Franks and Athildis de Camulod

Wife of Pharamond, king of the Franks and Théodémir, King of the Franks at Thérouanne

Mother of Fredemundus; Clodius de Cologne, VI; Adalbertus de Cologne; Chararic (Guerric) de Tongres; Sigebert De Soissons, King de Cologne; Weldelphus; Frotmund; Mérovée I de France; Erlicia Erelieve de Cologne; Basina de Cologne; Chlodégar, king of the Salian Francs at Cologne.

Sister of Amalaberge of the Franks and Dagobert, Duke of the East Franks

Occupation: Queen of the Franks, ABT 0376, Koningin van de Franken, Princesse, des Cimbres, Princess France/Sicambrian Heiress, , Princess of the Salic Franks, Queen of the Salic Franks, Queen of Franks, Queen of the Salian Franks, MSD2-MQM

Family/Spouse: of the Francs, King Pharamund. Pharamund (son of of The East Franks, Duke Marcomir II and de Lombardy, Hatilde) was born in 370 in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died on 27 Apr 427 in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was buried in May 427 in Kingdom of the Salian Franks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]