Basina Princess of Thuringia Queen of Franks [5954] 24,680
- Marriage (1): Bisinus King of the Thuringi [61325]
- Marriage (2): Childeric I of the Franks King of Franks [5949]
- Died: Aft 496
 General 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
Basina, daughter of the Thuringian king Basin and Basina, a Saxon princess, was queen of Thuringia in the middle of the fifth century. She left her husband king Bisinus and went to Roman Gaul . She herself took the initiative to ask for the hand of Childeric I , king of the Franks , 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 Low Franconian 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 Clovis I . 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.
Sources
Gregory of Tours <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Tours>
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Basina married Bisinus King of the Thuringi [61325] [MRIN: 551617567]. (Bisinus King of the Thuringi [61325] was born about 460 and died in 510.)
Basina next married Childeric I of the Franks King of Franks [5949] [MRIN: 1997], son of Merovech (Merovee)(Merovaeus) King of the Franks [5955] and Verica Qureen of Franks [10839]. (Childeric I of the Franks King of Franks [5949] was born in 436 in Westphalia Co., DEU and died on 26 Nov 481.)
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