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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 Pepin the Short in 751. [1] They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul .
[2] Barberini coat of arms by heraldic artist Dario Scaricamazza. A community of honey bees has often been employed by political theorists as a model of human society.
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.
[2] Lord Chancellor. The officer of state responsible for the judiciary and was responsible for seeing that royal decrees were enrolled and registered by the sundry parlements, the provincial appellate courts. Some significant lord chancellors include: Saint Rémigius, Bishop of Reims and Apostle of the Franks; Saint Romanus of Rouen, Bishop of ...
In spring of 1971, during construction work in a Burgundian vineyard at Ladoix-Serrigny, the vineyard's owner, Christian Perrin, uncovered an ancient graveyard, in use at least since the 4th century AD, with burials stretching from the Late Roman Empire to the Merovingian period. The Landelinus buckle was found in one destroyed Merovingian grave.
The Pippinids and the Arnulfings were two Frankish aristocratic families from Austrasia during the Merovingian period.They dominated the office of mayor of the palace after 687 and eventually supplanted the Merovingians as kings in 751, founding the Carolingian dynasty.
Destiny 2: Lightfall is a major expansion for Destiny 2, a first-person shooter video game by Bungie.Representing the seventh expansion and the sixth year of extended content for Destiny 2, it was released on February 28, 2023, after being pushed back from its original fall 2022 release as a result of the delay of the previous expansion, The Witch Queen.
[2] [3] A punitive expedition led by the Frankish Mayor of the Palace Grimoald ultimately failed and Radulf was able to maintain his semi-autonomous position. His successors of the local ducal dynasty, the Hedenen , supported missionary activity within the duchy, but seem to have lost their hold on Thuringia after the rise of the Pippinids in ...