Meroving

plural Merovings

1. A descendant of Merovech; a Merovingian.

   THE FALL OF THE MEROVINGS AND THE RISE OF THE CAROLINGS

   1902, Arthur Hassall, A Handbook of European History 476–1871, page 13

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   The French had their Merouings, the old Kentiſh Kingdome here its Oiſcings, from Merouee and Oiſca.

   1631, John Selden, Titles of Honor, page 51

   Though the long-haired Merovings ruled from the Ebro to the Meuse […]

   1875, James Stephen, Lectures on the History of France, page 686

   The Franks only found salvation in the growth of checks on the royal power by the development of the great provincial governors, and by the final deposition of the Merovings in favour of the great house of the descendants of St. Arnulf, the Mayors of the Palace, whose strong hand at last stayed the fratricidal wars of the seventh century.

   1898, Charles Oman, The Dark Ages, 476–918, page 159

   The decline of the Merovings was not due to some mysterious force incomprehensible to the human brain.

   1932, George Philip Baker, Charlemagne and the United States of Europe, page 220

   Sigibert III of the Merovings was a mere puppet under the control of his Mayor of the Palace.

   1988, Bob Stewart, Charlemagne: Founder of the Holy Roman Empire, page 7