of The East Franks, Duke Marcomir II

Male 342 - 423  (81 years)


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  • Name of The East Franks, Marcomir  [1, 2, 3
    Title Duke 
    Suffix II 
    Birth 342  Kingdom of the Franks Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Christening 350  Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Appointments / Titles Duke of the East Franks  [1, 2, 3
    House Merovingian  [1, 2, 3
    FSID LJNL-RNH  [1, 2, 3
    Death 423  Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Burial 423  Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I32201  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Father of The East Franks, King Clodius IV,   b. 325, Köln, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 398, Köln, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother d'Alemanie, Blesinde,   b. 328, Sachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 403, Kingdom of the Salian Franks Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F12413  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family de Lombardy, Hatilde,   b. 356, Lombardia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 449, Sachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Children 
     1. of the Francs, King Pharamund,   b. 370, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 427, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F12412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 342 - Kingdom of the Franks Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 350 - Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 423 - Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 423 - Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From Wikipedia -

      Marcomer (Marcomeres, Marchomer, Marchomir) was a Frankish leader (dux) in the late 4th century who invaded the Roman Empire in the year 388, when the usurper and leader of the whole of Roman Gaul, Magnus Maximus was surrounded in Aquileia by Theodosius I.

      The invasion is documented by Gregory of Tours who cited the now lost work of Sulpicius Alexander. According to this account Marcomer, Sunno and Genobaud invaded the Roman provinces Germania Inferior and Gallia Belgica in Gaul. They broke through the limes, killed many people, destroyed the most fruitful lands and made the city of Cologne panic. After this raid, the main body of the Franks moved back over the Rhine with their booty. Some of the Franks remained in the Belgian woods. When the Roman generals Magnus Maximus, Nanninus and Quintinus heard the news in Trier, they attacked those remaining Frankish forces and killed many of them. After this engagement, Quintinus crossed the Rhine to punish the Franks in their own country, however his army was surrounded and beaten. Some Roman soldiers drowned in the marshes, others were killed by Franks; few made it back to their Empire.

      Nanninus and Quintinus were replaced by Charietto and Syrus, who were again confronted by an attack of unidentified Franks.

      Later, after the fall of Magnus Maximus, Marcomer and Sunno held a short meeting about the recent attacks with the Frank Arbogastes, who was a general (magister militum) in the Roman army. The Franks delivered hostages as usual, and Arbogastes returned to his winter quarters in Trier.

      A couple of years later when Arbogastes had seized power and the West Roman army was nearly completely in the hands of Frankish mercenaries, he crossed the Rhine with a Roman army into Germania, because he hated his own kin. Marcomer was seen as leader with Chatti and Ampsivarii but the two did not engage.

      Later we hear from the poet Claudian that Marcomer was arrested by Romans and banned to a villa in Tuscany. His brother Sunno crossed the Rhine and tried to settle himself as leader of the band of Marcomir, however he was killed by his own people.

      According to the later Liber Historiae Francorum, Marcomer tried to unite the Franks after the death of Sunno. He proposed that the Franks should live under one king and proposed his own son Pharamond (whose earliest mention is in this work, and who is considered mythological by scholars) for the kingship. This source does not relate whether Marcomer succeeded, but from other later sources that recall the account of Liber Historiae Francorum, the impression may be gained that Pharamond was regarded as the first king of the Franks. However, modern scholars, such as Edward James, do not accept this account in the Liber Historiae Francorum as historical, because Marcomer is called the son of the Trojan king Priam. Traditionally Marcomer is also known as Marcomir VI, and made a descendant of King Priam Podarces of Troy by Priam's son Helenus, from whom the Kings of Cimmerian Bosporus were said to descend. Less

  • Sources 
    1. [S789] WORLD: Family Search, Family Tree.
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    2. [S788] WORLD: Wikipedia.
      https://www.wikipedia.org/

    3. [S844] WORLD: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
      http://fmg.ac/