Athildis (Coilus) ferch Coel (abt. 125)

Ancestors

Wife of Odomir (Franks) des Francs — married [date unknown] in France

Biography

Through legend... she has a couple of fathers from the British Isles, and gets tied to the Franks. Sometimes she's married to a mythical Genebaud, or a Marcomir IV (c. 100s) ... probably based on the Frankish commander Marcomer, who lived 388 AD ... during the time of Cdr. Sunno. Also see Coel Hen

Notes

• Athildis des Sicambrian[2] Birth: 268[3] Death: 300[4]

• Athildiis of Britain seems to be mythological -- invented to give the Frankish kings a descent from the Caesars.

See this brief commentary, and the pedigree of this fictional line, that continues up the generations, for quite some time. Apparently it tries to build a case on psuedo-conjecture, by using a combination of Biblical and other ancient texts.[5] To understand where the tree is going ... Griswald (2004), explains that:

"What is surprising is the number of different threads that exist from Abraham into Western Europe and the different paths they take. Several different threads are intertwined in the Merovingian families of Francia. Two pass from Egypt through Ireland into either Wales or Scotland. A third line comes directly from the Exilarchs (the leaders of the Jewish community in exile after the Diaspora) in Babylon. This thread goes directly into what is now southern France, where descendants married into the noble families of the region. "

For the curious... the tree technically terminates with the Biblical Abraham and Sarah, at the top; and Clovis I at the bottom.[6]

Also note that the "Liber Historiæ Francorum," is not a reliable primary source, and contains mythology.

Relationships between historical figures could have been simplified or even fabricated to give the impression that succession remained within the same family…. Chronology in the Sagas is unlikely to be correct and relationships should be treated with considerable caution. (see reference[7])

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