Merovingian Dynasty

The Merovingians ruled the two Frankish kingdoms of Neustria and Austrasia, the kernel of what would later become France. For a study of France and its rulers, see also:

• the 1982 works of James Edward titled "The Origins of France: Clovis to the Capetians 500-1000." ISBN: 0333270525
• The history of France as recounted in the "Grandes Chroniques de France," and particularly in the personal copy produced for King Charles V between 1370 and 1380 that is the saga of the three great dynasties, Merovingian Dynasty, Carolingian Dynasty, and Capetian Rulers of France, that shaped the institutions and the frontiers of the realm.
• The Cambridge Illustrated History of France - Cambridge University Press
• "Late Merovingian France," History and hagiogarphy, 640-720 by Paul Fouracre and Richard A. Gerberding - Manchester University Press - ISBN: 0719047919

Merovingian coins are on display at Monnaie de Paris, (the French Mint) at 11, quai de Conti, Paris, France.

Merovingian rulers:

• Merovech (447-458)
• Childeric I (458-482)
• Clovis I (482-511)
• Childebert I (511-558)
• Clothaire I (558-562)
• Charibert (562-566)
• Sigebert I (562-575)
• Chilperic I (566-584)
• Clothaire II (584-628)
• Dagobert I (628-637)
• Clovis II (637-655)
• Clothaire III (655-668)
• Childeric II (668-674)
• Saint Dagobert II (674-678)
• Theuderic III (674-691)
• Clovis III (691-695)
• Childebert II (695-711)
• Dagobert III (711-716)
• Chilperic II (716-721)
• Theuderic IV (721-737)
• Childeric III (743-751)

They were followed by the Carolingians.

• For a list of Carolingian rulers in West Francia, see Carolingian Dynasty