=420-428.=--Pharamond (?-?); life obscure.
=428-448.=--Clodion (?-?); son of Pharamond; king of the Salic Franks.
=448-457.=--Merovaeus (411?-457); founder of the Merovingian Dynasty.
=458-481.=--Childeric (?-481); son of Merovaeus, king of the Franks.
=481-511.=--Clovis I. (465-511); son of Childeric; real founder of the
Frankish monarchy. At his death his four sons divided the empire.
Childebert; Paris.
Clodomir; Orleans.
Thierry; Metz; and
Clotaire; Soissons.
=558-561.=--Clotaire I.; sole ruler (497-561); fourth son of Clovis.
Upon his death the kingdom was divided between four sons: viz.
Charibert, ruled at Paris.
Gontram, in Orleans and Burgundy.
Sigebert, at Metz and Chilperic, at Soissons; both assassinated by
Fredegonde.
=575-596.=--Childebert II. (570-596); son of Sigebert and Princess
Brunehaut; ruled under the regency of his mother; poisoned.
=613-628.=--Clotaire II. (584-628); son of Chilperic I.
=628-638.=--Dagobert I., the Great (602-638); son of Clotaire II.;
divided the kingdom between his two sons:
Clovis II., Burgundy and Neustria.
Sigebert II., Austrasia.
=670-673.=--Childeric II. (649-673); son of Clovis II.; assassinated,
with his queen and his son Dagobert, in the forest of Livri.
=687-714.=--Pepin II., of Heristal (?-714); ruled the whole kingdom of
the Franks during the reigns of Dagobert II., Clovis III., Childebert
III., and Dagobert III.
=715-720.=--Chilperic II. (?-720); deposed by Charles Martel, mayor of
the palace in 717, restored in 720, but soon dies at Noyon.
=720-737.=--Thierry IV. (712-737); son of Dagobert III.; reigned under
the influence of Charles Martel who took the title “duke of the Franks.”
=737-741.=--Interregnum, till death of Charles Martel, 741.
=742-752.=--Childeric III. (?-755); son of Childeric II.; last of the
Merovingians; made king by Pepin, 742; deposed by him, 752.