Merogais ? b. 270 d. after 306
| Lineage | Toxandrie |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Merogais ? |
| Other given names | Merogaisus, Merovik |
| Wiki-page | wikipedia:Merogais |
Events
270 birth: Soester Börde de Aleman
child birth: ♂ Malaric I (Maldras) ? (de Toxandrie, Marcomanni) d. 360
child birth: ♂ (General) Nannianus Oligotos ? (of Ibericus Pontus)
after 306 death: Trier
360 death: Iberia
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Ascaric (Ascarich, Assacarius) and Merogaisus (called regales (kinglets/chieftains) of the Bructeri) invaded Gaul 306, defeated by Constantine I and killed by animals in arena at Trier.
Merogais (Latin: Merogaisus, French: Ragaise) was an early Frankish king, who, along with his co-ruler Ascaric, is the earliest Frankish ruler known. He was an enemy of the Roman Empire. Merogais is mentioned in the Panegyrici latini (anonymous VI and VII) and by Eutropius and Eumenius. The very existence of Merogais depends on the manuscript reading of Johann Kaspar Zeuss. The sentence which names the two kings begins with Asacari or Assaccari in all manuscripts, but it ends with the corrupt forms cinere gaisique, cumero geasique, cymero craisique, and cymero caisique. Zeuss reads those sentences as ending respectively cum Neregaisique, cum Merogeasique, cum Merocraisique, and cum Merocaisique, each meaning as "and with Merogais".
If he existed may have been the grandfather of Person:31398 of Bretannia and grandson of Marcomir de Toxandrie.
- ↑ An Universal History, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 17 By George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton page 264 -
From grandparents to grandchildren
occupation: de Aquis Avallon, Aquitaine, France, Abbess
marriage: ♂ Merwig (Meurig) Nannianus ? (Meurig ap Meurig)
