Merovingians
The Merovingians were a Frankish royal dynasty that ruled the Frankish kingdoms in parts of present-day France and western Germany from roughly the mid-5th century to 751. The dynasty is named after Merovech, a legendary ancestor believed to have founded the line. The most influential early king was Clovis I (reigned c. 481–511), who united the Frankish tribes and adopted Catholic Christianity, establishing a Christian, centralized realm that laid the foundations for medieval Francia.
After Clovis, the kingdom was often partitioned among his heirs, creating eastern and western Frankish realms.
The end came in 751 when Pepin the Short, with the support of Pope Zachary, deposed the
Scholars view the Merovingians as a transitional dynasty between late antiquity and the high medieval period,