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Personal data Basina der Salische Franken 

  • She was born in the year 438.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was older than 60 years (91) when child (Balderic van Th?ringen) was born (??-??-529).

  • (Levens event) .Source 1
    Biography

    Basina was a daughter of the Thuringian king Basin and Basina, a Saxon princess.

    She left her husband, king Bisinus and went to Roman Gaul. She herself took the initiative to ask for the hand of Childeric I, king of the Franks, and married him. For as she herself said, "I want to have the most powerful man in the world, even if I have to cross the ocean for him". This remark of hers may have been related to Childeric's successful invasion of the Roman Empire and his attempt to settle a Frankish kingdom on Roman soil.

    Basina's name is probably Low Franconian for 'female boss'. She is the mother of the man who is remembered as the founder of the Frankish realm and modern France. She (not her husband Childeric) named her son Chlodovech, but he is better remembered under his Latinized name, Clovis I. The simple fact that Chlodovech's name comes from Basina is remarkable since it was a common practice for the Franks to name a son after a member of the family of the male-line of ancestors.

    Through the ages historians have been intrigued by the story of Basina since she obviously acted as a player and not as bystander — which is not uncommon for women of the German clans, but highly uncommon for the Romans.
  • She died in the year 491, she was 53 years old.

    Fout Attention: Deceased (??-??-491) prior to birth (??-??-529) of child (Balderic van Th?ringen).

  • A child of Chlodwig Medelphus der Salische Franken and Basina der Saksen

Household of Basina der Salische Franken

Waarschuwing Attention: Husband (Childeric I der Merovingen) is also her cousin.

(1) She is married to Basinus van Thüringen.

They got marriedSource 2


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(2) She has/had a relationship with Childeric I der Merovingen.

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    Sources

    1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basina,_Queen_of_Thuringia
    2. http://www.ellis-pagoria.com/getperson.php?personID=I29142&tree=ellis

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    Andre Bas, "Family tree Bas", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-bas/I13549.php : accessed February 22, 2026), "Basina der Salische Franken (438-491)".