Ragnachar
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Ragnachar or Ragnarius (died 509) was a Frankish petty king (regulus) who ruled from Cambrai. According to Gregory of Tours, Ragnachar "was so unrestrained in his wantonness that he scarcely had mercy for his own near relatives".
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- king of Franks
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Image
- Syagrius brought before Clovis.jpg
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- manner of death
- capital punishment
- date of death
- 0509-01-01
- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
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Ragnachar or Ragnarius (died 509) was a Frankish petty king (regulus) who ruled from Cambrai. According to Gregory of Tours, Ragnachar "was so unrestrained in his wantonness that he scarcely had mercy for his own near relatives".
According to the Gesta episcoporum Cameracensium, Clovis I and Ragnachar were related through Clovis's mother, Basina, a Thuringian princess.
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