_Eobba ASGARD _______+
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_Ida BERNICIANS _____|
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|--Oswald BERNICIANS
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|_Concubines (?) _____|
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_Morcar ENGLAND _____|
| (0960 - ....) |
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|--Ealdgyth of ENGLAND
| (0995 - 1014)
| _Wulfric MERCIA _____+
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|_Edgitha of ENGLAND _|
(0960 - ....) |
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_Chlodio FRANKS _____
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_Merovaeus "Merovech" FRANKS _|
| (0415 - 0458) |
| |_ ___________________
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|--Childeric I of FRANKS
| (0436 - 0484)
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Childeric succeeded his semi-legendary father Merovech as king of the
Salian Franks of northern Gaul in 456, during Roman times.
regory of Tours writes about Childeric: "Childeric, King of the
Franks, whose private life was one long debauch, began to seduce the
daughters of his subjects. They were so incensed about this that they
forced him to give up his throne. He discovered that they intended to
assassinate him and he fled to Thuringia. He left behind a close
friend of his who was able to soothe the minds of his angry subjects
with his honeyed words. Childeric entrusted to him a token which
should indicate when he might return to his homeland. They broke a
gold coin into two equal halves. Childeric took one half with him and
the friend kept the other half. 'When I send my half to you,' said his
friend, 'and the two halves placed together make a complete coin, you
will know that you may return home safe and sound.' Childeric then set
out for Thuringia and took refuge with King Bisinus and his wife
Basina. As soon as Childeric had gone, the Franks unanimously chose as
their king that same Aegidius who, as I have already said, had been
sent from Rome as commander of the armies. When Aegidius had reigned
over the Franks for eight years, childeric's faithful friend succeeded
in pacifying them secretly and he sent messengers to the exile with the
half of the broken coin which he had in his possession. By this token
Childeric knew for sure that the Franks wanted him back, indeed that
they were clamouring for him to return, and he left Thuringia and was
restored to his throne.
ow that Bisinus and Childeric were both kings, Queen Basina [...]
deserted her husband and joined Childeric. He questioned her closely
as to why she had come from far away to be with him, and she is said to
have answered: 'I know that you are a strong man and I recognize
ability when I see it. I have therefore come to live with you. You
can be sure that if I knew anyone else, even far across the sea, who
was more capable than you, I should have sought him out and gone to
live with him instead.' This pleased Childeric very much and he
married her. She bacame pregnant and bore a son whom she called
Clovis. He was a great man and became a famous soldier.
hilderic fought a battle at Orleans. Odovacar with his Saxons
penetrated as far as Angers. A great pestilence caused the death of
many people. Aegidius died and left a son called Syagrius. After the
death of Aegidius, Odovacar took hostages from Angers and other places.
The Bretons were expelled from Bourges by the Goths and many were
killed at Bourg de Deols. Count Paul, who had Roman and Frankis troops
under his command, attacked the Goths and seized booty from them.
Odovacar reached Angers, but King Childeric arrived there on the
following day: Count Paul was killed and Childeric occupied the city.
On that day the church was burnt down in a great fire.
hile these things were happening, a great war was waged between the
Saxons and the Romans. The Saxons fled and many of their men were cut
down by the Romans who pursued them. Their islands were captured and
laid waste by the Franks, and many people were killed. In the ninth
month of that year there was an earthquake. Odovacar made a treaty
with Childeric and together they subdued the Alamanni, who had invaded
a part of Italy
_George PEARCE ______+
| (1696 - 1764) m 1716
_Giles PEIRCE _______|
| (1765 - 1835) m 1785|
| |_Deborah SEARLE _____
| m 1716
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|--Amy PEIRCE
| (1787 - 1864)
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|_Hannah ARNOLD ______|
m 1785 |
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