The Naming Convention For Kings in Francia
The Naming Convention For Kings in Francia
The Naming Convention For Kings in Francia
One of the visible Regalia are the compositions of the letters in the name, which is shared with the
gods. These letters may be visible to each person, but to the common people their symbolism may
have been veiled.
Up to PΕPIN (Pepin the Short), KAROLVS' father (Charlemagne), the long hair belonged to the
clearly visible regalia, which easily could be used to confirm a dethronement.
The following episode describes the loss of the long hair as a dethronement:
After CARLOMAN (Carloman) retired to a monastery in 747, PΕPIN resolved to take
the royal crown for himself. Pepin sent letters to Pope Zachary, asking whether the title
of king belonged to the one who had exercised the power or the one with the royal
lineage. The pope responded that the real power should have the royal title as well. In
early March 751 ChILDΕRIC (Childerik III) was dethroned by Pope Zachary and
tonsured.[5] His long hair was the symbol of his dynasty and thus the royal rights or
magical powers; by cutting it, they divested him of all royal prerogatives. Once
dethroned, he and his son ThΕUDΕRIC (Theuderik V) were placed in the monastery of
Saint-Bertin[6] or in Saint-Omer and Theuderic in Saint-Wandrille. 4
GRIFO (Grifo), considered illegitimate by Pepin and Carloman, was besieged in Laon
by his half-brothers, captured, and imprisoned in a monastery. 5
1 Hoe de adelgeslachten met de namen Franken, Willem en Lodewijk de onsterfelijkheid konden pachten
2 The Germania, written by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus around 98 AD and originally entitled On
the Origin and Situation of the Germans (Latin: De origine et situ Germanorum), was a historical and
ethnographic work on the Germanic peoples outside the Roman Empire.
3 In the abstract (Regalia)
4 Source: Life (Childerik III)
5 Grifo
The long hair of the Celtic royals had been veiled by large bonnets, for which I identified the
following examples6:
The examples of visible (crown, scepter, etc. ) and invisible or misinterpreted Regalia (the long hair
in bonnets respectively the categories of the letters in the name) were known at the administrations
of the ruling class. Of course the names of the royal offspring had to be composed from the
classification tables.
Also the medieval and earlier translations of the names from one dialect to another dialect had to be
achieved by the priests and the monks.
Often the translations failed to use enough letters of the allowed categories. This is what we may
observe in:
• the correctly translated names Lewis (LEWIS, English), and Louis (LOUIS, French),
• the incorrectly translated Lodewijk (LODEWIJK, Dutch) and Ludwig (LUDWIG, German).
From the first FRANKish king ChLODOWIG (CLOVIS I, ~466–511), the Frankish and
Merovingian royals applied the requirement of the 5 categories to name their offspring.
One of the predecessors of CLOVIS is a Frankish king named ChLODIO (Chlodio,, ~450), whose
naming in Latin (CLODIUS) also satisfies the requirement of the 5 categories.
A great number of French kings inherited the name CLOVIS, which was to be shortened to LOVIS
and transformed to French LOUIS (LOUIS) en Engels LEWIS and the Dutch ChLODOVΕCh -
LODEWIJK respectively the German LUDWIG)7.
The requirements of 5 categories are applied for LOUIS and LEWIS, as well as newer names
FRΕDΕRICK, (Dutch: FRΕDΕRIK, German: FRIΕDRICh) and MAURICE (Dutch: MAURITS),
which in the Frankish pedigree have been composed in medieval eras.
8 Carolingian dynasty
The Carolingian dynasty takes its name from CAROLVS, the Latinised name of Charles
Martel, de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death.[3] The name
"CAROLINGIAN" (Medieval Latin karolingi, an altered form of an unattested Old
High German word karling or kerling, meaning "descendant of Charles" cf. MHG
kerlinc)[4][5] means "the family of Charles."[6]
• ODO (Odo of Paris) and ROBΕRT Robert I of the Robertian dynasty ( Frankish noblemen
owing fealty to the Carolingians, and ancestors of the subsequent Capetian dynasty. Odo,
Count of Paris, was chosen by the western Franks to be their king following the removal of
emperor Charles the Fat.
• RUDOLF (Rudolph) of the Bosonid dynasty. The Bosonids were a dynasty of Carolingian
era dukes, counts, bishops and knights descended from Boso the Elder. Eventually they
married into the Carolingian dynasty and produced kings and an emperor of the Frankish
Empire.
These names ODO, ROBΕRT, RUDOLF do not fully satisfy the requirement of the 5 categories.
After this, the House of Capet ruled France. For the continuation, see the list of French monarchs.
ROBΕRTVS ROBΕRT ROBΕRT ROBΕRT Robert II the Pious, the Wise 996 -1031 4 4 4 4
HΕNRICVS HΕNRI HΕNDRIK HΕNRY Henry I 1031 -1060 5 4 4 4
PhILIPPVS PhILIPPΕ FILIP PhILIP Philip I the Amorous 1060 -1108 4 4 3 3
LOVIS LOUIS LODEWIJK LEWIS Louis VI the Fat 1108 - 1180 5 5 4 5
PhILIPPVS PhILIPPΕ FILIP PhILIP Philip II Augustus 1180 -1223 4 4 3 3
LOVIS LOUIS LODEWIJK LEWIS Louis VIII the Lion 1223 -1226 5 5 4 5
LOVIS LOUIS LODEWIJK LEWIS Louis IX the Saint 1226 -1270 5 5 4 5
PhILIPPVS PhILIPPΕ FILIP PhILIP Philip III the Bold 1270 -1285 4 4 3 3
PhILIPPVS PhILIPPΕ FILIP PhILIP Philip IV the Fair, the Iron 1285 - 1314 4 4 3 3
King
LOVIS LOUIS LODEWIJK LEWIS Louis X the Quarreller 1314 -1316 5 5 4 5
JOHANNES JEAN JAN JOHN John I the Posthumous 1316 -1316 4 3 3 3
PhILIPPVS PhILIPPΕ FILIP PhILIP Philip V the Tall 1316 -1322 4 4 3 3
CAROLVS ChARLES KAREL ChARLES Charles IV the Fair 1322 - 1328 5 4 4 4
CAROLVS ChARLES KAREL ChARLES Charles VII the Victorious, the 1422 - 1461 5 4 4 4
Well-Served
LOVIS LOUIS LODEWIJK LEWIS Louis XI the Prudent, the 1461 - 1483 5 5 4 5
Cunning, the Universal Spider
CAROLVS ChARLES KAREL ChARLES Charles VIII the Affable 1483 -1498 5 4 4 4
LOVIS LOUIS LODEWIJK LEWIS Louis XII Father of the People 1498 - 1515 5 5 4 5
FRANCISCVS FRANÇOIS FRANS FRANCIS Francis I the Father and 1515 -1547 5 5 5 5
Restorer of Letters
HΕNRICVS HΕNRI HΕNDRIK HΕNRY Henry II 1547 - 1559 5 4 4 4
FRANCISCVS FRANÇOIS FRANS FRANCIS Francis II 1559 -1560 5 5 5 5
CAROLVS ChARLES KAREL ChARLES Charles IX 1560-1574 5 4 4 4
HΕNRICVS HΕNRI HΕNDRIK HΕNRY Henry III 1574 - 1589 5 4 4 4
Table 16 The overview of Frankish names which satisfy the requirements of 5 categories
Summary
In the monogram of Charlemagne the Latin name is spelled“KAROLVS”11. According to the
classification of the Hebrew alphabet this name contains a palatal K, guttural A, dental R, lingual L
and labial V, which may have contributed to the maintenance of the Frankish dynasty. In signing
the monogram KAROLVS only added the small V inside the O-center of the monogram.
During the Early Middle Ages, KAROLVS the Great united the majority of western and central
Europe. He was the first recognized emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the
Western Roman Empire around three centuries earlier.[5] The expanded Frankish state that
Charlemagne founded is called the Carolingian Empire.
The role of the letter-classification played an important role in all compositions of royal and divine
names of predecessors, such as CLOVIS (ChLODOWIG) and descendants such as Lewis (LEWIS,
English), Louis (LOUIS, French), Lodewijk (LODEWIJK, Dutch) and Ludwig (LUDWIG,
German).
In English (LEWIS) and French (LOUIS) the letter-classification contains all 5 categories, which
seems to be the purest composition for divine and royal names.
The name-giving for WILLEM, GUILLAUME, WILLIAM, WILHELM and FRΕDΕRIK
respectively FRIΕDRICh satisfies the requirements for the 5 categories in the royal name-giving.
The requirement of using letters of all 5 categories ( palatal, guttural, dental, lingual and labial )
was in use for all royals and deities, which may be identified in the names for the Indo-European
sky-god DYAUS, the Provencal DIÉU, the Roman DJOU-piter and the name TUÏSTO respectively
TUISCO12. The name “TUISCO“ is found in Tacitus' documentation Germania13.
Even the common German word FRIΕDen (Peace) the letter-classification contains all 5 categories.
In this study 19 royal Frankish names (and their variants) fully satisfy the requirement of the 5
categories (palatal, guttural, dental, lingual and labial). These royal names probably have been
generated by composing five or more letters from 5 categories. This concept matches the similar
generation of divine names for the sky-god such as DYAUS. The configuration table is the
categorized Hebrew alphabet.
11 Urkunde vom 31. August 790 aus Müller-Baden, Emanuel (Hrsg.): Bibliothek des allgemeinen und praktischen
Wissens, Bd. 2. - Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlaghaus Bong & Co, 1904. - 1. Aufl.
12 Hoe de adelgeslachten met de namen Franken, Willem en Lodewijk de onsterfelijkheid konden pachten
13 The Germania, written by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus around 98 AD and originally entitled On
the Origin and Situation of the Germans (Latin: De origine et situ Germanorum), was a historical and
ethnographic work on the Germanic peoples outside the Roman Empire.
Contents
Abstract.................................................................................................................................................2
The role of accuracy in the name-giving..............................................................................................3
The requirement of 5 categories in the name-giving.......................................................................3
The loss of capacities or dignities....................................................................................................3
The naming and spelling convention for the royals ............................................................................5
The naming of the kings in Francia.................................................................................................5
The first FRANKish king CLOVIS I .........................................................................................5
Etymology for CLOVIS and LOVIS.....................................................................................5
Overview of the Frankish and Merovingian dynasties.........................................................................6
The predecessor generations of CLOVIS from the 4th century......................................................6
The Merovingian dynasty from Clovis I up to Pepin (466–751).....................................................7
The Carolingian Dynasty (751 tot 987) ..........................................................................................7
The Capetian dynasty, also known as the House of France ............................................................9
The derivation from "HUGh (CAPΕT)" or “HUGh (CAPUT)”.................................................9
House of Capet (987–1328) .......................................................................................................9
The House of Valois (1328–1589) ...........................................................................................10
The House of Bourbon (1589–1792) .......................................................................................11
Napoléon Bonaparte (1804 -1814)............................................................................................11
The Rulers of Cleves (1020 – 1692)..............................................................................................12
Counts of Cleves - House of Wassenberg ................................................................................12
Counts of Cleves - House of La Marck.....................................................................................12
Dukes of Cleves - House of La Marck......................................................................................13
House Hohenzollern (1609/1666–1918)...................................................................................14
An overview of perfect Frankish names with 5 categories................................................................15
The Merovingian dynasty from Gennobaudes up to Pepin (466–751)..........................................15
The House of France from Charles I the Great up to Louis XVII (1795).....................................16
Samples of perfect German names ...............................................................................................16
Summary.............................................................................................................................................17
Appendix – Papers of J. Richter at Academia.edu and Scribd...........................................................19
Appendix – Papers of J. Richter at Academia.edu and Scribd
Periodic Tables are documented in:
1. Notes on the Common Architecture of European Alphabets (Ugaritic, Old Persian signary,
the Greek alphabet, Sanskrit)
2. A Periodic Table for PIE-Alphabets (languages: Ugaritic, Latin, Elder and Younger Futhark,
Gothic, etc.)
3. A Periodic Table for the Cyrillic Alphabet (Glagolitic, early Cyrillic and Russian alphabets)
4. A Periodic Table for the Coptic Alphabet
5. A Periodic Table for the Old-English Alphabet including “The insertion of Chilperic's letters
in the Old English alphabet”.
6. A Periodic Table for the Icelandic Alphabet (Scribd)
7. A Periodic Table for the Phoenician and Hebrew Alpabet (Scribd)
8. De hiërarchische structuur van het Hebreeuwse alfabet (Scribd)
9. The Hierarchical Structure of the Hebrew Alphabet (Scribd)
10. Periodic Tables for the Dalecarlian Runes and the Elfdalian Alphabet (Scribd)
11. A Periodic Table for the Dutch Language
12. Periodic Tables for the Sami Alphabets
13. Het hart van de Nederlandse taal
14. Eight Periodic Tables for the Sámi Languages
15. Overview of the Periodic Tables of the Sami Languages
16. Periodic Tables for the Upper and Lower Sorbian Alphabets
17. A Periodic Table for the Greek Alphabet
18. Periodic Tables for the Euboean and Etruscan Alphabets (Scribd)
19. Did the Word „Deus“ Exist in the Archaic Alphabets (Scribd)
20. Periodic Tables for the Gaelic (Irish and Scottish alphabets (Scribd)
21. A Periodic Table for Ugaritic Signaries as a Root for the Sky-god Dyaus and the Personal
Pronouns for the 1st Person Singular and Dual Form
22. De architectuur van het Oegaritische alfabet (Scribd)
23. The Quantization of the Ugaritic Alphabet (Scribd)
24. Alphabets With Integrated Dictionaries (Scribd)
25. Another View on the Sefer Yetzirah (Scribd)
26. Standardizing the Signaries - The Encryption and Decryption of alphabets... (Scribd)
27. The Nomenclature of the Sky-Gods - How the Royals achieved Immortality – (Scribd)
28. Hoe de adelgeslachten met de namen Franken, Willem en Lodewijk de onsterfelijkheid
konden pachten
29. Over de naamgeving voor de goden en vorsten van het Frankenrijk
30. The Naming Convention for the Kings in Francia
The (approximately) 150 following papers are sorted according to the initial upload date14 :
• The Naming Convention for the Kings in Francia
• Over de naamgeving voor de goden en vorsten van het Frankenrijk
• Hoe de adelgeslachten met de namen Franken, Willem en Lodewijk de onsterfelijkheid
konden pachten
• The Nomenclature of the Sky-Gods - How the Royals achieved Immortality - (Scribd)
• Standardizing the Signaries - The Encryption and Decryption of alphabets (Scribd)
• Another View on the Sefer Yetzirah (Scribd)
• Alphabets With Integrated Dictionaries (Scribd)
• The Quantization of the Ugaritic Alphabet (Scribd)