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Baderic of Thuringia Baderic, Baderich, Balderich or Boderic


Preferred Parents:
Father: Basinus King of the Thuringians II, b. 454 in Thuringia, Germany   d. 515 in Thuringia, Germany
Mother: Menia of the Lombards Queen of Thuringia, b. aproximadamente 0465 in Moravia, Kingdom of the Lombards   d. AFT 510 in Pannonia, Roman Empire

Family 1: Menia ,    b. ABT 500    d. ABT 500
Family 2: Amegonde Of Saxone,    b. aproximadamente 0485 in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, França    d. marzo de 0580 in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, França
Family 3: Bertachar of Thuringia,    b. 470 in Thuringia, Germany   
  1. Manquantes von Thüringen, b. 550 in Thuringia, Thüringen, Germany     d. 589
Sources:
  1. Title: Wikipedia -Baderich
    Author: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baderic;
    Note: Baderic, Baderich, Balderich or Boderic (ca. 480 – 529), son of Bisinus and Menia, was a co-king of the Thuringii. He and his brothers Hermanfrid and Berthar succeeded their father Bisinus. After Hermanfrid defeated Berthar in battle, he invited King Theuderic I of Metz to help him defeat Baderic in return for half of the kingdom. Theuderic I agreed and Baderic was defeated and killed in 529. Hermanfrid became the sole king. Baderic is known to have two daughters[citation needed]: Ingund and Aregund, who became the 3rd and 4th wives respectively of Clothar I, King of the Franks. Victor Duruy (1918). A Short History of France. J. M. Dent. p. 86.
  2. Title: Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe
    Publication: Name: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Barbarian_Europe/yW-GfElbafQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Childeric&pg=PA118&printsec=frontcover;
    Note: good timeline of merovingian times
  3. Title: The History Files
    Publication: Name: https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/GermanyThuringia.htm;
    Note: European Kingdoms Central Europe Thuringia The region of Thuringia was centred on an upland area of what is now central Germany. It included the Harz Mountains and the River Saale. In prehistory the area had been occupied by a sequence of peoples who included Celto-Ligurians, the Urnfield culture proto-Celts, the Hallstatt culture Celts of the first wave, and the La Tène Celts of the second wave. During the first two centuries AD it was dominated by the Hermanduri. They fragmented in the early third century and were absorbed by the newly-formed Alemanni confederation. Then the Thuringians arrived in territory on the northern edge of the confederation which itself had migrated southwards during the Great Migration period of the late Roman empire. Thuringii / Kingdom of Thuringia AD 400 - 531 The Thuringians are thought to have been mainly of Anglian stock from what is now lower Denmark. Their kingdom was formed during the collapse of the Roman empire, when Angles migrated southwards from Angeln and settled in central Germany between the Main and the Harz. This seems to have happened at the start of a period of Anglian and Jutish migration from the Cimbric Peninsula, when increasing pressure was being applied on them for living space by incoming Danes. The Thuringians may also have included large numbers of Hermunduri (who were broken during the Marcomannic Wars and later absorbed into both the Alemanni and Thuringians). The 'Thuringian regna' or kingdom seems to have been recognised as existing around 400, but the independence of these Continental Angles was short-lived. Following conquest by the Huns, they became excellent horsemen and seemingly kept Hunnic women as slaves or wives after the collapse of the Hunnic empire. Archaeological evidence has revealed female skulls in Thuringii graves which were artificially elongated, a peculiar practice among the Huns. Following a brief flowering of Thuringian independence came the Franks, and much of the original Thuringian territory was subsequently lost to incursions by the Avars and Slavs in the sixth century - probably around 565-566 after they had been prevented from crossing the Danube by the Eastern Romans. Some Thuringians had already left the territory to form part of the Bavarii confederation at the start of the sixth century. c.450 The Huns and Alani arrive in the territory north of the Danube and take control. The Germanic Rugii kingdom in Austria is made a client state, the Quadi are effectively destroyed, and the early Thuringian kingdom is apparently disrupted. The Huns eventually unify and only then begin to focus on the Western Roman empire as their main opponent. Germanic Tribesmen Not directly involved in the chaotic transfer of the Roman empire to Germanic control, the Thuringians migrated from the Cimbric Peninsula into territory to the east of the Rhine, land that had been left partially deserted by the Alemanni moving southwards c.460s - 470s?--Bisin / Bisinus, ruled mid to late 400s. c.480 - ? --Baderich / Baderic, his daughter m Merovingian King Chlothar I (511-561). 487 --Elements of the Boii tribe may survive in the Pannonian Plain, probably in a subjugated state in the territory that will later become Bohemia. The Germanic tribe of the Rugii, which controls the area in the fifth century, is now destroyed by the Romano-German general and emperor, Odoacer. In the void created by this destruction, a new confederation quickly forms. It is unusual in that it does not migrate from elsewhere but is made up from local elements, which include possible Boii descendants and Roman settlers, along with elements of the Germanic Alemanni, Buri, Heruli, Marcomanni, Ostrogoths (following the fall of their own kingdom), Quadi, Rugii, Scirii, and Thuringians. This confederation migrates southwards to form the Bavarii. 491 --Clovis, king of the Franks, achieves victory over a small group of Thuringians who border the Franks. It is a taste of things to come for the rest of the Thuringians. Some elements of the Thuringian peoples who occupy territory farther south soon form part of the Bavarii confederation that appears at the start of the sixth century, perhaps to escape Frankish domination. c.500? --Wod, ruler of the Thuringians as mentioned in the Widsith list. c.500 --Describing a Europe of about AD 500, the Old English poem Widsith mentions several Germanic peoples, not all of whom can be properly identified. Wod is named as ruler of the Thuringians, but how he fits in with the other names listed here, and whether he even rules the main body of Thuringians is not known. ? - c.500 --Berthachar / Berthar c.500 - 531 --Hermenefried / Hermanafrid, killed by Theuderich of Austrasia. m. Amalberga, Female co-ruler. Wife 531 --The Franks of Austrasia conquer the Thuringians and apparently rule the region directly, without appointing any sub-kings. The names of possible regional governors are unknown but, coincidentally perhaps, the first dukes of Alemannia appear shortly after this point so perhaps they govern both regions simultaneously. Portions of territory are lost to the Saxons on the north-west border, probably to the Continental Saxons, but there also seems to be a reverse migration of Germanics from the east coast of Britain, where the recent native victory at Mons Badonicus has cut them off from the acquisition of new lands. These returning Angles and Saxons appear to be given land in Thuringia by King Theuderich of Austrasia. Warrior groups of Thuringians are soon to be found in another Frankish conquest, that of Alemannia, where they act as part of the governing Frankish authority.
  4. Title: Baderic von Thuringen, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-DNYG : 25 May 2022), Baderic von Thuringen, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 172679160, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-DNYG;
    Page: this gives the date of death for Baderich Konig de Thuringer. This also gives his biography
  5. Title: Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baderic;
  6. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/THURINGIA.htm#_Toc482382804;
    Note: BADERIC . Gregory of Tours names Baderic, Hermanfrid and Berthar as three brothers ruling over the Thuringians, specifying that he was killed in battle by his brother Hermanfred allied with Theoderic King of the Franks[12]. The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "Ermenfredi duo fratres Baldericus et Bertecharius"[13].
  7. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/THURINGIA.htm#_Toc482382804;
    Note: BERTHAR . Gregory of Tours names Baderic, Hermanfrid and Berthar as three brothers ruling over the Thuringians, specifying that Hermanfrid defeated and killed his brother Berthar in battle [27]. The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "Ermenfredi duo fratres Baldericus et Bertecharius"[28]. m ---. The name of Berthar's wife is not known. Berthar & his wife had [four or more] children: a) sons . Gregory of Tours refers to the unnamed sons of Berthar[29]. b) RADEGUND (Erfurt 518-Poitiers 587, bur Poitiers, basilique Sainte-Marie-hors-les-Murs). Gregory of Tours names Radegund as the orphaned daughter of Berthar[30]. The Vitæ Sanctæ Radegundis names "Radegundis natione barbare de regione Thoringa" and her "avo rege Bessino, patruo Hermenfredo, patre rege Bertechario"[31]. In a later passage, Gregory records that, after the Frankish invasion of Thuringia, Radegund formed part of the booty taken home by Clotaire I King of the Franks, who later married her[32]. The testament of Radegundis dated to [584/87] survives[33]. Gregory of Tours records the death of St Radegund on 13 Aug[34]. She was canonised, her feast day is 13 Aug[35]. m (531, repudiated) as his second wife, CLOTAIRE I [Chlothachar/Lothar] King of the Franks, son of CLOVIS I [Chlodovech] King of the Franks & his second wife Chrotechildis [Clotilde] of Burgundy ([501/02]-Soissons [30 Nov/31 Dec] 561, bur Soissons, basilique Saint-Médard). c) [AGNES (-after 587). Radegundis names "sororem meam Agnetem" several times in her testament dated to [584/87][36]. It is possible that the reference is to her "sister" in the religious sense.]
  8. Title: The History Files
    Publication: Name: https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/GermanyThuringia.htm;
    Note: European Kingdoms Central Europe Thuringia The region of Thuringia was centred on an upland area of what is now central Germany. It included the Harz Mountains and the River Saale. In prehistory the area had been occupied by a sequence of peoples who included Celto-Ligurians, the Urnfield culture proto-Celts, the Hallstatt culture Celts of the first wave, and the La Tène Celts of the second wave. During the first two centuries AD it was dominated by the Hermanduri. They fragmented in the early third century and were absorbed by the newly-formed Alemanni confederation. Then the Thuringians arrived in territory on the northern edge of the confederation which itself had migrated southwards during the Great Migration period of the late Roman empire. Thuringii / Kingdom of Thuringia AD 400 - 531 The Thuringians are thought to have been mainly of Anglian stock from what is now lower Denmark. Their kingdom was formed during the collapse of the Roman empire, when Angles migrated southwards from Angeln and settled in central Germany between the Main and the Harz. This seems to have happened at the start of a period of Anglian and Jutish migration from the Cimbric Peninsula, when increasing pressure was being applied on them for living space by incoming Danes. The Thuringians may also have included large numbers of Hermunduri (who were broken during the Marcomannic Wars and later absorbed into both the Alemanni and Thuringians). The 'Thuringian regna' or kingdom seems to have been recognised as existing around 400, but the independence of these Continental Angles was short-lived. Following conquest by the Huns, they became excellent horsemen and seemingly kept Hunnic women as slaves or wives after the collapse of the Hunnic empire. Archaeological evidence has revealed female skulls in Thuringii graves which were artificially elongated, a peculiar practice among the Huns. Following a brief flowering of Thuringian independence came the Franks, and much of the original Thuringian territory was subsequently lost to incursions by the Avars and Slavs in the sixth century - probably around 565-566 after they had been prevented from crossing the Danube by the Eastern Romans. Some Thuringians had already left the territory to form part of the Bavarii confederation at the start of the sixth century. c.450 The Huns and Alani arrive in the territory north of the Danube and take control. The Germanic Rugii kingdom in Austria is made a client state, the Quadi are effectively destroyed, and the early Thuringian kingdom is apparently disrupted. The Huns eventually unify and only then begin to focus on the Western Roman empire as their main opponent. Germanic Tribesmen Not directly involved in the chaotic transfer of the Roman empire to Germanic control, the Thuringians migrated from the Cimbric Peninsula into territory to the east of the Rhine, land that had been left partially deserted by the Alemanni moving southwards c.460s - 470s?--Bisin / Bisinus, ruled mid to late 400s. c.480 - ? --Baderich / Baderic, his daughter m Merovingian King Chlothar I (511-561). 487 --Elements of the Boii tribe may survive in the Pannonian Plain, probably in a subjugated state in the territory that will later become Bohemia. The Germanic tribe of the Rugii, which controls the area in the fifth century, is now destroyed by the Romano-German general and emperor, Odoacer. In the void created by this destruction, a new confederation quickly forms. It is unusual in that it does not migrate from elsewhere but is made up from local elements, which include possible Boii descendants and Roman settlers, along with elements of the Germanic Alemanni, Buri, Heruli, Marcomanni, Ostrogoths (following the fall of their own kingdom), Quadi, Rugii, Scirii, and Thuringians. This confederation migrates southwards to form the Bavarii. 491 --Clovis, king of the Franks, achieves victory over a small group of Thuringians who border the Franks. It is a taste of things to come for the rest of the Thuringians. Some elements of the Thuringian peoples who occupy territory farther south soon form part of the Bavarii confederation that appears at the start of the sixth century, perhaps to escape Frankish domination. c.500? --Wod, ruler of the Thuringians as mentioned in the Widsith list. c.500 --Describing a Europe of about AD 500, the Old English poem Widsith mentions several Germanic peoples, not all of whom can be properly identified. Wod is named as ruler of the Thuringians, but how he fits in with the other names listed here, and whether he even rules the main body of Thuringians is not known. ? - c.500 --Berthachar / Berthar c.500 - 531 --Hermenefried / Hermanafrid, killed by Theuderich of Austrasia. m. Amalberga, Female co-ruler. Wife 531 --The Franks of Austrasia conquer the Thuringians and apparently rule the region directly, without appointing any sub-kings. The names of possible regional governors are unknown but, coincidentally perhaps, the first dukes of Alemannia appear shortly after this point so perhaps they govern both regions simultaneously. Portions of territory are lost to the Saxons on the north-west border, probably to the Continental Saxons, but there also seems to be a reverse migration of Germanics from the east coast of Britain, where the recent native victory at Mons Badonicus has cut them off from the acquisition of new lands. These returning Angles and Saxons appear to be given land in Thuringia by King Theuderich of Austrasia. Warrior groups of Thuringians are soon to be found in another Frankish conquest, that of Alemannia, where they act as part of the governing Frankish authority.
  9. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/17052472;
  10. Title: Wikipedia - Bertachar/Berthar
    Author: Venantius Honoricus Clementianus Fortunatus, Vita Sanctae Radegundis, ed. Bruno Krusch. MGH SS rer. Merov. 2 (Hanover, 1888), 364–377. Secondary sources Burns, Thomas S. (1984). A History of the Ostrogoths. Indiana University Press. Halsall, Guy (2001). "Childeric's Grave, Clovis' Succession, and the Origins of the Merovingian Kingdom". In Ralph Mathisen; Danuta Shanzer (eds.). Society and Culture in Late Antique Gaul. Routledge. pp. 130–147. Hartmann, Martina (2009). Die Königin im frühen Mittelalter. Kohlhammer Verlag. Jarnut, Jörg (2009). "Thüringer und Langobarden im 6. und beginnenden 7. Jahrhundert". In Helmut Castritius; Dieter Geuenich; Matthias Werner (eds.). Die Frühzeit der Thüringer: Archäologie, Sprache, Geschichte. De Gruyter. pp. 279–290. Martindale, John R., ed. (1980). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume II, AD 395–527. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20159-4.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertachar;
    Note: Bertachar (or Berthachar) was a king of Thuringia from about 510 until about 525, co-ruling with his brothers Hermanfrid and Baderic.[1][2] Bertachar was probably not a Thuringian himself.[3] Frankish sources, such as Venantius Fortunatus, make the three brothers sons of King Bisinus. They are sometimes considered as sons of Bisinus' wife Menia,[1] or else as sons of Basina, who is called a wife of Bisinus by the Frankish historian Gregory of Tours.[4] Many scholars, however, reject Bisinus' marriage to Basina as ahistorical, leaving Menia as his only known wife.[5] Bertachar's rule probably began between 507 and 511. He was murdered by his brother Hermanfrid, who later murdered Baderic to become sole ruler of Thuringia.[6] This assassination may have taken place as early as 525.[7] Bertachar had at least one daughter and, depending on the source, one or several sons. His sons are unnamed.[8] His daughter, Radegund, married the Frankish king Chlothar I and founded Holy Cross Abbey in Poitiers. She is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church. Two hagiographies of her were produced by her friends Baudovinia and Venantius Fortunatus.[9][10] Fortunatus specifies that she was "from the Thuringian region", a daughter of King Bertachar and a granddaughter of King Bisinus.[11]
  11. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/17052472;
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