The Merovingian dynasty was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until Pepin the Short in 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of nort
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Signet ring of Childeric I. Monnaie de Paris.
Frankish gold tremissis, imitation of Byzantine tremissis, mid-6th century.
Coin of Clotaire II, 584–628. British Museum.
Pepin the Short was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king.
Merovingian dynasty
…The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until Pepin the Short in 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gallo-Romans…
Pepin the Younger, miniature, Anonymi chronica imperatorum, c. 1112–1114
Coronation in 751 of Pepin by Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz
Arab and Berber Muslim troops retreating from Narbonne after the Frankish conquest of Septimania in 759. Illustration by Émile Bayard, 1880.
Allegoric depiction of Pepin