Talk:Merowig
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[edit] popular culture
This is not true that Holy Blood, Holy Grail invented the idea that Jesus sired a child who was, or was an ancestor of, Merowig. It merely exposed it to a larger audience. For that reason, I deleted the bit about it being a concoction of the authors, which was written in biased manner, anyway. confirmation that the idea wasn't original to HB,HG is on that page, as it refers to earlier sources with the same thesis.
[edit] Meroveus never existed???
I object to Way77's insertion that "According to all the existing historical data, Merowig never lived.". Clovis must have had a (paternal) grandfather, and it is very unlikely that he didn't know what his name was; whether it was Merowig or whatever we cannot know. Also since both Clodio (his supposed predecessor) and Childeric (his supposed successor) assumed royal status, this man is likely to have been king and has gotten a place in later genealogies and traditions. The fact that there are no contemporary records means nothing: absense of evidence is not evidence of absense. Otherwise Jesus never existed either. Tom Peters 13:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
