Are the Merovingians the lineage of Jesus Christ?
How could they be descendants of Jesus? The Merovingians were kings of the Franks, a pagan German tribe living outside of the Roman Empire, thousands of miles away from the Middle East. The first mention of the Franks is in the third century AD, 250 years after Jesus. They were pagans until the fifth century. The first Merovingian king to be baptised a Christian was Clovis (reigned 481 – 511). The idea that they could be descended from Jesus is absurd.
