[Possibly the oldest known ancestor.]
[One of the few known ancestors born in the 5th century.]
King of the Salian Franks from about 450. The Salians were from an area which today is in Netherlands and Belgium.
Possibly fought with the Roman general Flavius Aetius against the Huns under Atila at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in Gaul on June 20, 451.
see Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Catalaunian_Plains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovech