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Ranking the Merovingian Kings with Ben from Thugs and Miracles Podcast

The French History Podcast

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I Think the Best You Can Say About These Characters Is That They Did Nothing

i think very often the best you can say about these characters is that they did nothing, because some seem to do even worse than nothing. So who is your number nine? I have a chipric the second, i give him points because he tried to assert his kingship and with his allies, he did make a charles martel flee for a time. Charles martel dethroned him. He fled to odo duke of aquitaine and tried to retain power, and lost that too. But i would rank a king who tried and failed far above one who didn't even try at all. That's another queston about some of these kings. They really were

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