Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of the East Franks
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of the Sicambrian Franks
• Appointments / Titles: Queen of the East Franks
• FSID: LZP2-JYZ

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: King of Westphalia
• House: Merovingian
• FSID: LCXK-GNP
• Occupation: Duke of the East Franks

Notes:

Clodius IV, Duke of East Franks and Chlodius Le Chevelu are two different people. The former, born circa 324 was married to Blesinde of Sueve born about 325.

The latter was born circa 390.

Family/Spouse: d'Alemanie, Blesinde. Blesinde (daughter of von Alemanien, Chlodomer and de Sueve, Blesinda) was born in 328 in Sachsen, Germany; died in 403 in Kingdom of the Salian Franks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duke of the East Franks
• House: Merovingian
• FSID: LJNL-RNH

Notes:

From Wikipedia -

Marcomer (Marcomeres, Marchomer, Marchomir) was a Frankish leader (dux) in the late 4th century who invaded the Roman Empire in the year 388, when the usurper and leader of the whole of Roman Gaul, Magnus Maximus was surrounded in Aquileia by Theodosius I.

The invasion is documented by Gregory of Tours who cited the now lost work of Sulpicius Alexander. According to this account Marcomer, Sunno and Genobaud invaded the Roman provinces Germania Inferior and Gallia Belgica in Gaul. They broke through the limes, killed many people, destroyed the most fruitful lands and made the city of Cologne panic. After this raid, the main body of the Franks moved back over the Rhine with their booty. Some of the Franks remained in the Belgian woods. When the Roman generals Magnus Maximus, Nanninus and Quintinus heard the news in Trier, they attacked those remaining Frankish forces and killed many of them. After this engagement, Quintinus crossed the Rhine to punish the Franks in their own country, however his army was surrounded and beaten. Some Roman soldiers drowned in the marshes, others were killed by Franks; few made it back to their Empire.

Nanninus and Quintinus were replaced by Charietto and Syrus, who were again confronted by an attack of unidentified Franks.

Later, after the fall of Magnus Maximus, Marcomer and Sunno held a short meeting about the recent attacks with the Frank Arbogastes, who was a general (magister militum) in the Roman army. The Franks delivered hostages as usual, and Arbogastes returned to his winter quarters in Trier.

A couple of years later when Arbogastes had seized power and the West Roman army was nearly completely in the hands of Frankish mercenaries, he crossed the Rhine with a Roman army into Germania, because he hated his own kin. Marcomer was seen as leader with Chatti and Ampsivarii but the two did not engage.

Later we hear from the poet Claudian that Marcomer was arrested by Romans and banned to a villa in Tuscany. His brother Sunno crossed the Rhine and tried to settle himself as leader of the band of Marcomir, however he was killed by his own people.

According to the later Liber Historiae Francorum, Marcomer tried to unite the Franks after the death of Sunno. He proposed that the Franks should live under one king and proposed his own son Pharamond (whose earliest mention is in this work, and who is considered mythological by scholars) for the kingship. This source does not relate whether Marcomer succeeded, but from other later sources that recall the account of Liber Historiae Francorum, the impression may be gained that Pharamond was regarded as the first king of the Franks. However, modern scholars, such as Edward James, do not accept this account in the Liber Historiae Francorum as historical, because Marcomer is called the son of the Trojan king Priam. Traditionally Marcomer is also known as Marcomir VI, and made a descendant of King Priam Podarces of Troy by Priam's son Helenus, from whom the Kings of Cimmerian Bosporus were said to descend. Less

Family/Spouse: de Lombardy, Hatilde. Hatilde (daughter of de Lombardy, Himbald and de Lombardy, Hodesh) was born in 356 in Lombardia, Italy; died in 449 in Sachsen, Germany; was buried in 449 in Sachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: 10th Grandmaster of the Order of the Grail
• House: Merovingian
• FSID: LZN1-SLD
• Occupation: First King of the Franks at Cologne -428, King of Tongres
• Appointments / Titles: Between 404 and 418; Duke of the East Franks
• Appointments / Titles: 404; King of The East Franks
• Appointments / Titles: 409, Köln, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; King of the Franks at Cologne
• Appointments / Titles: Between 419 and 428; King of The Salian Franks

Notes:

The Liber Historiae Francorum from the early 8th century names a king named Faramund (French: Pharamond): he was a son of the (historical) Marcomer and father Chlodios. For a long time Faramund was considered to be the first king of the Merovingian family. Its existence was only recognized as mythical at the end of the 19th century. The author of the Liber Historiae Francorum summarizes the first six books of the history of Gregory of Tours and adds additional information, including those on Faramund. However, for the period in question he did not have a source whose level of knowledge went beyond that of Gregory. It is unlikely that he had access to accurate genealogical information that Gregor did not know.

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Considered to be the first king of the Salian Franks from AD 409, Pharamond is scarcely known to history, living on the fringes of the Roman empire as he did. His parentage is unknown, but he could have been a son of Marcomer.

Contemporary historian Prosper Tiro wrote about Pharamond. In 420, he reportedly led his people across the River Rhine to head into the Roman Empire. This movement effectively separated his tribe from the majority of the Ripuarian Franks who had settled near Cologne. However, there were certainly Franks already settled on the west bank of the Rhine in 407, possibly Sicambrian Franks, so perhaps Pharamond was leading the first group of Salian Franks to arrive.

Pharamond was eventually succeeded by his son Clodio. His wife was Argotta. A Pharamond appears as the king of France in the prose Tristan and later Arthurian works; he was clearly inspired by the historical leader.
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Family/Spouse: of Sicambria, Queen Argotta Rosamund. Argotta (daughter of of the East Franks, King Génébald II and de Camulod, Althildis, daughter of of the East Franks, King Génébald II and of Toxandria, Princess Blesinda) was born in 376 in Cimbria, Arhus, Denmark; died in 438 in Kingdom of the Sicambrian Franks, Gaul, Roman Empire; was buried in 438 in Kingdom of the Salian Franks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]