History with Myra
The Merovingians
Two and a half centuries of Frankish kings, laid out on a true timeline — every reign pinned to its years, parallel kingdoms side by side, and the lines of descent between them. Tap any name.
♛ a celebrated queen
⚭ principal consort
years run down the left edge
Reign bars show how long each king ruled; connecting lines trace father to son. The dashed ? above Chlothar IV marks a king whose father is unknown. Charles Martel (dashed) was never king — the mayor of the palace who ruled in the last kings' name, and grandfather of Charlemagne.