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| | Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1048 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | MEROVEUS, a Frankish chieftain, of whom little is known that 5s authentic, beyond the fact that; he was the grandfather of Clovis, the real founder of the Frankish monarchy in Gaul. |
 | | The chroni^-clefs of the middle ages augmented this little by their fables, and Meroveus figured in the lists of the kings of the Frankish nation, of which he could have been only one among many petty chiefs. |
 | | Gregory, however, does mention Clodion, or, as he writes the name, Chlogion, and states that, according to some accounts, he resided in the castle of Dispargutnj on the border of the Thoringi, the locality of which is much disputed ; that he surprised and took Camaracum (Caulbrai) and. |
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