Basina Princess of Thuringia, Queen of Franks^{[1, 2]}

- Aft 496

• Name	Basina Princess of Thuringia
  Suffix	Queen of Franks
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 496
  Notes	http://home.hiwaay.net/~mlabram/ps03/ps03_189.htm http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps04/ps04_436.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basina,_Queen_of_Thuringia «b»Basina«/b», daughter of the Thuringian king Basin and Basina, a Saxon princess, was queen of «u»Thuringia «/u» in the middle of the fifth century. She left her husband king «u»Bisinus «/u» and went to Roman «u»Gaul «/u». She herself took the initiative to ask for the hand of «u»Childeric I «/u», king of the «u»Franks «/u», 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 her 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 «u»Low Franconian «/u» 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 «u»Clovis I «/u». 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 \emdash which is not uncommon for the women of the Franks, but highly uncommon for the Italians. «b»Sources «tab»«u»«/b»Gregory of Tours <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Tours>«/u» Retrieved from "«u»<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basina_of_Thuringia>«/u»"
  Person ID	I5954	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Basin, Thuringian king   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Basina, Saxon princess   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551617568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Bisinus, King of the Thuringi,   b. Abt 460   d. 510 (Age ~ 50 years)
  Children	1. Baderic, co-king of the Thuringii,   b. Abt 480   d. 529 (Age ~ 49 years)   2. Hermanafrid, king of the Thuringii   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Radegund   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Bertachar, King of Thuringe   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551617567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Childeric I of the Franks, King of Franks,   b. 436, Westphalia Co., DEU d. 26 Nov 481 (Age 45 years)
  Children	1. Clovis (Chlodovech) I the Great of the Franks, King of Franks,   b. 463, Loire-Atlantique, FRA d. 27 Nov 511, St Pierre, France (Age 48 years)   2. Audefleda   d. 526   3. Alboflede   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Lantechilde   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S421] Laurence Gardner, Bloodline of the Holy Grail.