| Pharamond, King Of France | Argotta, Queen Of Franks | ||
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| Clodion Of France | Basina Of Thuringia Princess Of The Thuringians | ||
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Notes: His origin was of the Sicambrian Franks. He was King of the Salian Fran ks on the River Yssel 448 - 458. He followed the pagan cult of "Diana o f the Ardennes (the nine fires)". He expelled Attila the Hun and conque red Picardy, Normandy, and most of the Isle de France. Before 430, the S alic Francs traverse the Escaut, and settle north of Gand [Gant] and al so into Courtrai. Their chief, Clodion, takes Cambrai in 430. When Clod ion died in 448, Merovee would succeed him as chief. Merovee was a Fran kish Prince who ruled over the Saliennes [thus, this Merovee is King of t he Salic Francs] from 452-458. He was the commander of the Francs in th e great Battle of the Catalonic Fields, where he defeated Attila the Hu n in 451. It is from his name that the kings of the First Race derived t heir name. The Huns had steadily increased their domination from humble b eginnings off the Caspian sea from Caucase to the Elbe, from Muldavia t o Hungary in the later part of the Fourth Century.