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The Merovingian dynasty (/ ˌ m ɛ r ə ˈ v ɪ n dʒ i ə n /) was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until 751. [1] They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gallo-Romans under their rule.
The Carolingians were initially mayors of the palace under the Merovingian kings, first in Austrasia and later in Neustria and Burgundy. In 687 Pepin of Heristal took the title Duke and Prince of the Franks ( dux et princeps Francorum ) after his conquest of Neustria in at the Battle of Tertry , which was cited by contemporary chroniclers as ...
King of the Franks r. 673–675: Chlothar III 652–736 King of the Franks r. 661–662: Theuderic III 654–691 King of the Franks r. 679–691: Clovis IV 682–695 King of the Franks r. 691–695: Childebert III 670/683–711 King of the Franks r. 695–711: Chilperic II is most likely, but not certainly, son of Childeric II Carolingian ...
Childeric III (c. 717 – c. 754) was King of the Franks from 743 until he was deposed in 751 by Pepin the Short.He was the last Frankish king from the Merovingian dynasty. . Once Childeric was deposed, Pepin became king, initiating the Carolingian dyn
Charles Martel, son of the previous and father of the first of the Carolingian kings Pepin the Short, father of Charlemagne. Counselors to the King. After the ascendance of the mayors of the palace to the heads of government, future kings understandingly did not place so much power in their underlings, but still relied on senior councillors (or ...
The family tree of Frankish and French monarchs (509–1870) France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I, king of the Franks (r. 507–511), as the first king of ...
Dagobert I (Latin: Dagobertus; c. 603/605 – 19 January 639) [1] was King of the Franks.He ruled Austrasia (623–634) and Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dynasty to wield real royal power, after which the Mayor of the palace rose as the political and war leader. [2]
Merovech (French: Mérovée, Merowig; Latin: Meroveus; c. 411 – 458) [1] was the ancestor of the Merovingian dynasty. He was reportedly a king of the Salian Franks, but records of his existence are mixed with legend and myth.