Lineage back to The Merovingian Dynasty of The Salian Franks - Merovech Latin: Meroveus or Merovius

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Mérovech I, King of the Salian Franks

Mérovech, roi des Francs saliens

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Mérovech I, King of the Salian Franks is the 46th great grandfather of Susan Lynne Schwenger

Curator Note from Sharon Doubell (5/12/2014):
Merovech (Latin: Meroveus or Merovius; )
- legendary founder of the Merovingian dynasty of the Salian Franks.

Birth:	circa 415 Turnacum (Present Tournai), Belgica II (within present Belgium), Galliae, Roman Empire
Death:	circa 456 (41) Tournai, (Present Belgium), Salian Frankish Kingdom
Immediate Family:	Son of Chlodio I Long-Hair, King of the Franks and Basina I of the Thüringians Husband of Chlodeswinthe (Verica) of the Franks;Arnegonde van Basinden; Basina "Basinia", "Basina", "Basine", "Bassina", "Siegse" des Thüringer and Meira Merovingian Partner of Concubine of Merovech Father of Childéric I, King of the Franks and Siegbert "The Lame" Meroving King of Cologne Brother of Duke Adelbert de Moselle; Chlodwig des Francs; Sigimaerus, bishop of Auvergne and Cariaric, King of the Franks Half brother of Medelphus de Cologne de Thuringe
Added by:	Randy Edwards on March 8, 2007
Managed by:	Margaret, (C) and 351 others
Curated by:	Sharon Doubell Mérovech I, King of the Salian Franks is your 46th great grandfather, Susan Lynne Schwenger !!!

 

Susan Lynne Schwenger
is the 46th great granddaugher of Mérovech I, King of the Salian Franks
The founder of The Merovingian Dynasty
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Lynda Mae Handy - Schwenger (Handy)
her mother
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JAMES "Jim" EDWARD HANDY JR.
her father
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JAMES aka JIM HANDY SR.
his father
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Marion (Rennie) Ruthven - Handy - Satchell
his mother
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Alexander or Alex (Thompson) Ruthven
her father
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Robert (Witherspoon) Ruthven, SR
his father
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John (Henderson) Ruthven
his father
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John (Peadie) Ruthven
his father
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John (Hutcheson) Ruthven
his father
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George (Reid) Ruthven
his father
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William Alexander (Clerk) Ruthven
his father
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William (Gray) Ruthven
his father
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Sir William Ruthven
his father
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William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven
his father
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Catherine Gray of Buttergask - Stewart - Ruthven
his mother
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Andrew Gray, 2nd Lord Gray
her father
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Patrick Gray, Master of Gray
his father
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Elizabeth Gray (Wemyss)
his mother
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Sir John Wemyss
her father
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Annabel Sinclair
his mother
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Sir William Sinclair of Roslin, 6th Lord of Rosslyn
her father
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Eleanor de Dreux
his mother
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Yolande de Coucy, Countess of Coucy
her mother
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Agnes of Hainaut
her mother
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Alice of Namur, Countess of Hainaut
her mother
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Ermessinde, comtesse de Luxembourg
her mother
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Clémence de Poitou
her mother
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Pierre Guillaume 'l'Aigret' ou 'le Hardi' d'Aquitaine, VII Duc d'Aquitaine, V Comte de Poitou
her father
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William V, Duke of Aquitaine
his father
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Guillaume 'Fier-à-Bras' de Poitiers, IV Duc d'Aquitaine et II Comte de Poitou
his father
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Guillaume 'Tête d'étoupe' d'Aquitaine, III Duc d'Aquitaine, I Comte de Poitou
his father
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Ebles II Manzer, duc d'Aquitaine
his father
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Ranulf II, duc d'Aquitaine
his father
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Ranulf I d'Auvergne, Comte de Poitiers Duc d'Aquitaine
his father
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Gérard, count of Auvergne
his father
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N.N. van Aquitanie
his father
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Waifer Waiofar van Aquitanie
his father
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Hunold van Aquitanie
his father
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Eudo II van Aquitanie
his father
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Eudo I van Aquitanie
his father
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Boggis I van Aquitanie
his father
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Charibert II, King of Aquitaine
his father
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Chlothar II the Young, King of the Franks
his father
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Chilpéric I, King of the Franks at Soissons
his father
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Chlothar I the Old, King of the Franks
his father
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Clovis I the Great, King of the Franks
his father
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Childéric I, King of the Franks
his father
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Mérovech I, King of the Salian Franks
his father

Mérovech I, King of the Salian Franks is the 46th great grandfather,
to 46th great grand daugher, Susan Lynne Schwenger

http://www.geni.com/people/Mérovech-I-King-of-the-Salian-Franks/6000000002143186115?through=6000000005913253971

This lineage also goes back to The Builder of Roslin - Rosslyn Chapel
as, another great grandfather in he lineage of Susan Lynne Schwenger

 

from CrystalLinks
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The Merovingian Dynasty was a Frankish dynasty considered the first French royal house.

It was the first major political authority which rose out of the ashes of the dying Roman Empire in Europe.

It was named for Merovech (fl. c. 450), whose son Childeric I (d. 482?) ruled a tribe of Salian Franks

from his capital atTournai.

His son, Clovis I, united nearly all of Gaul in the late 5th century except Burgundy and present-day Provence.

On his death the realm was divided among his sons, but by 558 it was united under his last surviving son, Chlotar I.

The pattern of dividing and then reuniting the realm continued for generations.

After the reign of Dagobert I (623?639), the authority of the Merovingian kings declined,

and real power gradually came to rest in the hands of the mayors of the palace.

In 751 the last Merovingian king, Childeric III, was deposed by Pippin III, the first of the Carolingian dynasty.

Encyclopedia Britannica​

Clovis I was the first important ruler of the Merovingian Dynasty and is considered the founder of the French State. He became Chieftain of the Salian Franks in 481. In 486, he defeated the last great Roman army in Gaul and went on to defeat many minor princes, kings and tribal chieftains to form the first Frankish Kingdom. Clovis I married in 493 to Clotilda (475 - 545), later St. Clotilda, daughter of Childperic, King of the Burgundians.

Clovis I

The Merovingian Kings

The Frankish Kingdom was split up among Clovis' sons, and was temporarily united several times
during the next two centuries when a single heir survived; notably during the reigns of Clothaire I, Clothaire II, Dagobert I and Clovis II.

Life in the Sixth Century
Germanic tribesmen living close to the North Sea tended to have fairly large timber houses supported by four rows of posts
that divided the house into three rooms. The family lived in the centre room, while a smaller room on one side was used for storage
and a larger room on the other side was used to house the animals whose body heat helped warm the living quarters.

From this arrangement comes the story that "the people lived in the barn" or that "the cattle lived in the house."

Further inland, people tended to inhabit dwellings that were supported by upright posts but without interior supports.

These dwellings varied in size from 20 feet X 12 feet up to perhaps 25 feet square.

Long, narrow buildings about 12 feet X 25 feet housed the cattle while smaller structures 12 feet square were used for storage.

Some of these smaller storage buildings were partially underground.

The main crops were barley, wheat, oats, peas and beans. Crop rotation was practiced, and fields were improved by adding limestone and manure. Depleted soil was abandoned and new land brought into use using the slash and burn technique.

Simple scratch ploughs pulled by oxen were most common, and they didn't actually turn the soil.

Grain was left attached to the hay and was roasted slightly to preserve it.

Grain was separated from the hay as needed and ground using simple hand grindstones.

Once ground, flour was used to prepare porridge and flat bread. Grain was also used to make beer.

Cattle were very important and were an indicator of wealth.

Pigs, sheep, goats, horses, chickens and geese were also kept.

Every portion of the animals was used either for food or for the production of clothing, shelter and utensils.

Wild animals were hunted and killed for sport and to eliminate nuisance animals.

Wild animals are thought to have made up less than 5% of the total animals used.

Iron was produced using small, crude but effective charcoal furnaces made of earth.

These ovens held about a liter of ore, and only 200 grams of iron could be made at a time from the very best ore.

This iron was worked into very high quality steel, far superior to the equipment of the Roman troops.

However, the Germanic tribes were iron poor, and weapons such as long swords were rare.

Each individual household was dominated by the father who held authority over all the members.

A number of households, sometimes as many as fifty, were grouped into a family clan-like organization.

A number of clans formed a tribe which was sometimes overseen by a "king" who was really a tribal chieftain.

The "king" was usually chosen from one family that was most closely identified with the ethnic, cultural and historical traditions

of the tribe - that is, from a "royal family."

Some tribes had several kings, one to preside over meetings, one for religious ceremonies and one for military command.

Other tribes didn't have a king at all.

In order to survive and prosper, a tribe had become almost completely militarized; that is, the tribe had to become an army. This is what appears to have happened with the Salian Franks whose Merovingian Kings dominated the region from the fifth century onwards.

The Decline of the Merovingian Kings
From the middle of the seventh century on, their power declined and the real authority rested to an ever increasing extent with the Mayors of the Palace. The king became a figurehead distinguished by his beard, long hair, crown and throne. When King Theuderic IV died in 737, he was not replaced.

Charles Martel ruled instead as Mayor of the Palace. Charles Martel died in 741
and was succeeded by his sons Pépin the Short and Carloman.

The brothers Pépin and Carloman instituted another king, Childeric III in 743, largely to ease the concern of other Frankish leaders
about their growing power.Carloman withdrew from politics in 747 and retired to the monastery of Monte Casino.​

In 751, Childeric III also wisely decided to retire to a monastery and Pépin the Short had himself proclaimed king in November 751, thus officially ending the Merovingian Dynasty. Pépin I the Short was the first Carolingian King. Having displaced the Merovingians, it was in the interests of theCarolingian Kings to depict their predecessors as useless anachronisms. Hence, the earlier Merovingians were depicted as evil and brutal tyrants while later Merovingians were propagandized as lazy and simple incompetents. If a Merovingian could be deposed and sent to a monastery, and a new king consecrated in his place, so too could a Carolingian. Less than a century later, Louis the Pious was temporarily displaced; and by the tenth century, the Carolingians were replaced altogether by the Capetian Kings. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/merovingians/merovingios_01a.htm​

Childeric III the last Merovingian King

 

Mérovech, leader of the Frankish tribes
This is the Master Profile for Mérovech, leader of the Frankish tribes.
Curator Note from Sharon Lee Doubell (7/21/2018):
Merovech (Latin: Meroveus or Merovius ) (-[451/57]) - legendary founder of the Merovingian dynasty of the Salian Franks
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*Childerich (-Tournai [481/82], bur Tournai)
Mérovech, leader of the Frankish tribes is your 48th great grandfather.

You
Susan Lynne Schwenger are a 48th great grand daughter

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Lynda Mae Handy - Schwenger
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James aka Jim Edward (Morton-Russell) Handy Jr.
her father

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James aka Jim (Ruthven) Handy SR.
his father
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Marion aka Marrian Ruthven - Handy - Satchell
his mother

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Alexander (Thompson) Ruthven
her father

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Robert (Witherspoon) Ruthven, Sr.
his father

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John Andrew (Henderson) Ruthven
his father

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John (Peadie) Ruthven
his father

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John (Hutcheson) Ruthven
his father

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George John (Reid) Ruthven
his father

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William Alexander (Clerksone) Ruthven
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William (Gray) Ruthven
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Mary Seton
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Sir Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray
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Gilbert Gray of Buttergask
his father

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Elisabeth Stewart, Countess of Argyll
his mother

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John Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl
her father

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Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
his mother

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John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
her father

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John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
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Edward III of England
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Edward II of England
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Eleanor of Castile, Queen consort of England
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Ferdinand "the Saint", king of Castile and León
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Alfonso IX el Baboso, rey de León y Galicia
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Fernando II, rey de León
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Alfonso VII the Emperor, King of Castile and Leon
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Urraca I, reina de Castilla y León
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Alfonso VI the Brave, King of Castile and León
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Sancha I, reina de León
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Elvira Menéndez, reina consorte de León
her mother

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Tutadonna Moniz de Coimbra
her mother

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Elvira Pais Daza
her mother
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Cde. Pelayo González
her father

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Muniadomna Díaz
his mother

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Diego Fernández, conde de Limia
her father

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Fernando Rodríguez de Monterroso
his father

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Rodrigo Romaes, II conde de Monterroso y de Sta Marta de Ortigueira
his father

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Remón Romaes, Conde de Monterroso y Santa Marta de Ortigueira
his father
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Fruela I el Cruel, rey de Asturias
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Ermessenda, reina consorte de Asturias
his mother

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Pelayo, rey de Asturias
her father

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Liubigotona
his mother

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Suintila, rey de los visigodos
her father

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Clodesinde
his mother

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Siegbert I, King of Austrasia
her father

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Chlothar I "the Old" King of the Franks
his father
(and Ingonede)
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Clovis I the Great, King of the Franks
his father
(and Chlotilde, of Burgundy )
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Childéric I, King of the Franks
his father
(and Basina II of the Thüringians )

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Mérovech, leader of the Frankish tribes
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Mérovech, leader of the Frankish tribes MP

Latin: Merovius, leader of the Frankish tribes

Gender:	Male
Birth:	circa 415 Turnacum (Present Tournai), Belgica II (within present Belgium), Galliae, Roman Empire
Death:	between circa 451 and 47 (28-0) Tournai, (Present Belgium), Salian Frankish Kingdom
Immediate Family:	Father of Childéric I, King of the Franks
Added by:	Randy Edwards on March 8, 2007
Managed by:	Margaret (C) and 380 others
Curated by:	Sharon Lee Doubell

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