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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basina_of_Thuringia
Basina or Basine (c. 438 – 477) was a queen of Thuringia in the middle of the fifth 
century.
Biography[edit]

Basina was a daughter of the Thuringian king Basin and Basina, a Saxon princess.

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".[1] This remark of hers may have been related to Childeric's 
successful invasion of the Roman Empire and his attempt to settle a Frankish kingdom 
on Roman soil.

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
[citation needed], but he is better remembered under his Latinized name, Clovis I. The 
simple fact that Chlodovech's name was chosen and given by 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 — which is not uncommon for women 
of the German clans, but highly uncommon for the Romans.

Marriage and children[edit]

In 463, Basina married Childeric I, son of Merovech and his wife, and had the 
following children:
1.Clovis I (466 – 511).
2.Audofleda (467 – 511). Queen of the Ostrogoths. Wife of Theodoric the Great
3.Lanthilde (468 – żż??).
4.Aboflede (470 – żż??).

Portrayals[edit]

Queen Basina of Thuringia is the central antagonist in the 2005 film, The Brothers 
Grimm.

Parents
OF THURINGIA Basin ()
____ Basina ()

Siblings
OF THURINGIA Basina ()

Marriage To ____ Bisinus ()
    m.  

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Children by ____ Bisinus 
____ Baderic (ABT  480 -  529)

Marriage To ____ Childeric I (ABT  436 - ABT  481)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Merovech (ABT  415 - ABT  458)
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Children by ____ Childeric I ABT  436 - ABT  481
____ Clovis I "the Great" (ABT  466 - 27 Nov  511)

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