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| | LINEAGE FROM THE MEROVINGIAN KINGS OF FRANCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07) |
 | | 481, king of the Salic Franks, 458-481; after 463, Basina of Thuringia; his kingdom included Seine, Marne, Meuse, Moselle, Treves, Angers and Orleans; in 1653, his tomb was discovered in Tournai; it contained his seal ring and several gold bees, the imperial emblem of the Merovingians later adopted by Napoleon. |
 | | Clovis, King of the Salic Franks, 481-511, defeated the Roman general Syagrius near Soissons, 486, and the Alemanni 496. |
 | | 638, King of Austrasia, 622-628, sole king of France, 628-638; considered the greatest of the Merovingian kings of France. |
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