Childeric I, the Glossary
Childeric I (Childéric; Flavius Childericus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hildirīk; died 481 AD) was a Frankish leader in the northern part of imperial Roman Gaul and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, described as a king (Latin rex), both on his Roman-style seal ring, which was buried with him, and in fragmentary later records of his life.[1]
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67 relations: Adovacrius, Aegidius, Albofledis, Alemanni, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Arianism, Attila, Audofleda, Avitus, Basina of Thuringia, Battle of Vouillé, Bee, Belgium, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cambrai, Château de Saint-Cloud, Chlodio, Cicada, Civitas Tungrorum, Cloisonné, Clovis I, Conseil d'État, Courtesy title, Euric, First French Empire, Flavius Aetius, Fleur-de-lis, Frankish language, Franks, French Revolution, Gallia Belgica, Garnet, Gaul, Gregory of Tours, Guy Halsall, House of Habsburg, Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Julius Caesar, Kohlhammer Verlag, Lantechildis, Libius Severus, Loire, Louis XIV, Louvre, Majorian, Merovech, Merovingian dynasty, Monnaie de Paris, Napoleon, Odoacer, ... Expand index (17 more) »
- 430s births
- 480s deaths
- 5th-century Frankish people
- Merovingian kings
Adovacrius
Adovacrius or Eadwacer was a leader who led a group of Saxons based in Gaul in the 5th century.
See Childeric I and Adovacrius
Aegidius
Aegidius (died 464 or 465) was the ruler of the short-lived Kingdom of Soissons from 461 to 464/465. Childeric I and Aegidius are 5th-century monarchs in Europe and Magistri militum.
Albofledis
Albofledis (or Albochledis) was a Frankish noblewoman, the daughter of the Frankish king Childeric I (d. 481) and the Thuringian noblewoman Basina (d. 477). Childeric I and Albofledis are 5th-century Frankish people.
See Childeric I and Albofledis
Alemanni
The Alemanni or Alamanni were a confederation of Germanic tribes.
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (5 January 1614 – 20 November 1662), younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand III, was an Austrian soldier, administrator and patron of the arts.
See Childeric I and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
Arianism
Arianism (Ἀρειανισμός) is a Christological doctrine considered heretical by all modern mainstream branches of Christianity.
Attila
Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death, in early 453. Childeric I and Attila are 5th-century monarchs in Europe.
Audofleda
Audofleda (ca. 467 - ca. 511), was a Gothic queen of the Ostrogothic Kingdom by marriage to Theoderic the Great. Childeric I and Audofleda are 5th-century Frankish people.
Avitus
Eparchius Avitus (died 456/7) was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. Childeric I and Avitus are Magistri militum.
Basina of Thuringia
Basina or Basine (c. 438 – 477) was remembered as a queen of Thuringia in the middle of the fifth century, by much later authors such as especially Gregory of Tours. Childeric I and Basina of Thuringia are 430s births.
See Childeric I and Basina of Thuringia
Battle of Vouillé
The Battle of Vouillé (from Latin Campus Vogladensis) was fought in the northern marches of Visigothic territory, at Vouillé, near Poitiers (Gaul), around Spring 507 between the Franks, commanded by Clovis, and the Visigoths, commanded by Alaric II.
See Childeric I and Battle of Vouillé
Bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The ('National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand.
See Childeric I and Bibliothèque nationale de France
Cambrai
Cambrai (Kimbré; Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river.
Château de Saint-Cloud
The Château de Saint-Cloud was a château in France, built on a site overlooking the Seine at Saint-Cloud in Hauts-de-Seine, about west of Paris.
See Childeric I and Château de Saint-Cloud
Chlodio
Chlodio (probably died after 450), also Clodio, Clodius, Clodion, Cloio or Chlogio, was a Frankish king who attacked and then apparently ruled Roman-inhabited lands around Cambrai and Tournai, near the modern border of Belgium and France. Childeric I and Chlodio are 5th-century Frankish people, 5th-century monarchs in Europe, Frankish warriors and Merovingian kings.
Cicada
The cicadas are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs).
Civitas Tungrorum
The Civitas Tungrorum was a large Roman administrative district dominating what is now eastern Belgium and the southern Netherlands.
See Childeric I and Civitas Tungrorum
Cloisonné
Cloisonné is an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects with colored material held in place or separated by metal strips or wire, normally of gold.
Clovis I
Clovis (Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdowig; – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Franks under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs. Childeric I and Clovis I are 5th-century Frankish people, 5th-century monarchs in Europe, Frankish warriors and Merovingian kings.
Conseil d'État
In France, the Conseil d'État (Council of State) is a governmental body that acts both as legal adviser to the executive branch and as the supreme court for administrative justice, which is one of the two branches of the French judiciary system.
See Childeric I and Conseil d'État
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but is rather used by custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (cf. substantive title).
See Childeric I and Courtesy title
Euric
Euric (Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, Aiwareiks, see Eric), also known as Evaric (c. 420 – 28 December 484), son of Theodoric I, ruled as king (rex) of the Visigoths, after murdering his brother, Theodoric II, from 466 until his death in 484.
First French Empire
The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
See Childeric I and First French Empire
Flavius Aetius
Flavius Aetius (also spelled Aëtius;; 390 – 454) was a Roman general and statesman of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. Childeric I and Flavius Aetius are Magistri militum.
See Childeric I and Flavius Aetius
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys), is a common heraldic charge in the shape of a lily (in French, fleur and lis mean and respectively).
See Childeric I and Fleur-de-lis
Frankish language
Frankish (reconstructed endonym: *italic), also known as Old Franconian or Old Frankish, was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the 5th to 9th century.
See Childeric I and Frankish language
Franks
Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks (Franci or gens Francorum;; Francs.) were a western European people during the Roman Empire and Middle Ages.
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
See Childeric I and French Revolution
Gallia Belgica
Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
See Childeric I and Gallia Belgica
Garnet
Garnets are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives.
Gaul
Gaul (Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.
Gregory of Tours
Gregory of Tours (born italic; 30 November – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history".
See Childeric I and Gregory of Tours
Guy Halsall
Guy Halsall (born 1964) is an English historian and academic, specialising in Early Medieval Europe.
See Childeric I and Guy Halsall
House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (Haus Habsburg), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.
See Childeric I and House of Habsburg
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Duke of Parma (18 October 17538 March 1824), was a French nobleman, lawyer, freemason and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire.
See Childeric I and Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman.
See Childeric I and Julius Caesar
Kohlhammer Verlag
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See Childeric I and Kohlhammer Verlag
Lantechildis
Lantechildis (or Lenteildis) was a Frankish noblewoman, the daughter of the Frankish king Childeric I (d. 481) and the Thuringian noblewoman Basina (d. 477). Childeric I and Lantechildis are 5th-century Frankish people.
See Childeric I and Lantechildis
Libius Severus
Libius Severus, sometimes enumerated as Severus III, was Western Roman emperor from November 19, 461 to his death on November 14, 465.
See Childeric I and Libius Severus
Loire
The Loire (Léger; Lêre; Liger; Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world.
Louis XIV
LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.
Louvre
The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.
Majorian
Majorian (Latin: Iulius Valerius Maiorianus; died 7 August 461) was the Western Roman emperor from 457 to 461. Childeric I and Majorian are Magistri militum.
Merovech
Merovech (Mérovée, Merowig; Meroveus; 411 – 458) was the ancestor of the Merovingian dynasty. Childeric I and Merovech are 5th-century Frankish people, 5th-century monarchs in Europe, Frankish warriors and Merovingian kings.
Merovingian dynasty
The Merovingian dynasty was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until 751.
See Childeric I and Merovingian dynasty
Monnaie de Paris
The (Paris Mint) is a government-owned institution responsible for producing France's coins.
See Childeric I and Monnaie de Paris
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
Odoacer
Odoacer (– 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the ruler of Italy (476–493). Childeric I and Odoacer are 430s births and 5th-century monarchs in Europe.
Orléans
Orléans ((US) and) is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres (74 miles) southwest of Paris.
Saint Remigius
Remigius (Remy or Rémi; – 13 January 533) was the Bishop of Reims and "Apostle of the Franks".
See Childeric I and Saint Remigius
Salian Franks
The Salian Franks, also called the Salians (Latin: Salii; Greek: Σάλιοι, Salioi), were a northwestern subgroup of the early Franks who appear in the historical record in the fourth and fifth centuries.
See Childeric I and Salian Franks
Saxons
The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons, were the Germanic people of "Old" Saxony (Antiqua Saxonia) which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany.
Seal (emblem)
A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made.
See Childeric I and Seal (emblem)
Silva Carbonaria
Silva Carbonaria, the "charcoal forest", was the dense old-growth forest of beech and oak that formed a natural boundary during the Late Iron Age through Roman times into the Early Middle Ages across what is now western Wallonia.
See Childeric I and Silva Carbonaria
Soissons
Soissons is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France.
Somme (river)
The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France.
See Childeric I and Somme (river)
Syagrius
Syagrius (430 – 486 or 487 or 493–4) was a Roman general and the last ruler of a Roman rump state in northern Gaul, now called the Kingdom of Soissons. Childeric I and Syagrius are 5th-century monarchs in Europe.
Theodoric II
Theodoric II, Teodorico in Spanish and Portuguese, (426 – early 466) was the eighth King of the Visigoths, from 453 to 466.
See Childeric I and Theodoric II
Theodoric the Great
Theodoric (or Theoderic) the Great (454 – 30 August 526), also called Theodoric the Amal, was king of the Ostrogoths (475–526), and ruler of the independent Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy between 493 and 526, regent of the Visigoths (511–526), and a patrician of the Eastern Roman Empire. Childeric I and Theodoric the Great are 5th-century monarchs in Europe and Magistri militum.
See Childeric I and Theodoric the Great
Thuringia
Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states.
Tongeren
Tongeren (Tongres; Tongern; Tóngere) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium.
Tournai
Tournai or Tournay (Doornik; Tornai; Tornè; Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Visigoths
The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity.
Vivant Denon
Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (4 January 1747 – 27 April 1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist.
See Childeric I and Vivant Denon
Weimar
Weimar is a city in the German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden.
See also
430s births
- 430 births
- 432 births
- 433 births
- 435 births
- 436 births
- 437 births
- 438 births
- 439 births
- Anastasius I Dicorus
- Basina of Thuringia
- Candidus Isaurus
- Childeric I
- Cormac of Armagh
- Iarlaithe mac Treno
- Lomer (saint)
- Odoacer
480s deaths
- 480 deaths
- 481 deaths
- 482 deaths
- 483 deaths
- 484 deaths
- 485 deaths
- 486 deaths
- 487 deaths
- 488 deaths
- 489 deaths
- Ailill Molt
- Childeric I
- Crimthann mac Énnai
- Feletheus
- Iohannes (consul 467)
- Kʼan Chitam
- Lupicinus of Condat
- Manlius Boethius
- Sidonius Apollinaris
- Tydfil
5th-century Frankish people
- Aelia Eudoxia
- Albofledis
- Arbogast (count of Trier)
- Audofleda
- Childeric I
- Chlodio
- Clotilde
- Clovis I
- Edobichus
- Lantechildis
- Merobaudes (poet)
- Merovech
- Pharamond
- Theodemer (Frankish king)
- Valère de Langres
Merovingian kings
- Bee (heraldry)
- Charibert I
- Charibert II
- Childebert I
- Childebert II
- Childebert III
- Childeric I
- Childeric II
- Childeric III
- Chilperic I
- Chilperic II
- Chlodio
- Chlodomer
- Chlothar I
- Chlothar II
- Chlothar III
- Chlothar IV
- Clovis I
- Clovis II
- Clovis III
- Clovis IV
- Dagobert I
- Dagobert II
- Dagobert III
- Gundoald
- Guntram
- Merovech
- Rois fainéants
- Sigebert I
- Sigebert II
- Sigebert III
- Theudebald
- Theudebert I
- Theudebert II
- Theuderic I
- Theuderic II
- Theuderic III
- Theuderic IV
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childeric_I
Also known as Childeric I of Franks, Childerich I, Childric I.
, Orléans, Saint Remigius, Salian Franks, Saxons, Seal (emblem), Silva Carbonaria, Soissons, Somme (river), Syagrius, Theodoric II, Theodoric the Great, Thuringia, Tongeren, Tournai, Visigoths, Vivant Denon, Weimar.