Merovech (FrenchMérovée) was a chief of the Salian Franks in the 5th century. He is considered a semi-legendary individual, as not much information survived about him. Gregory of Tours records that he was the son of Chlodio[?] and father of Childeric I. His descendants called themselves Merovingians, or the House of Merovech.
... did not always have inherently negative implications, it merely designated anyone who assumed power for any period of time without a legitimate basis of authority.
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