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Basina of Thuringia

Character

Queen of Thuringia, later Queen of the Salian Franks

Birth: - c. 438 AD. Death: - c. 477 AD. Parents: - Daughter of Thuringian king Basin and a Saxon princess. Children: - By Childeric I: Clovis I, Audofleda

Historical Appearance Notes: - No portrait or archaeology survives specific to Basina. Full creative latitude for visual design.

Novel Appearance: - Not established in existing series canon — background genealogy figure. Timeline: - c. 438 — born - c. 458 — marries Basinus of Thuringia - c. 464 — leaves Basinus, marries Childeric I - c. 466 — Clovis I born - c. 477 — dies

Sources: - Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum — effectively the only substantial source.

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