In the Late Classical period, two states in the area of modern-day northwest France were termed the Kingdom of Soissons: The city of Soissons in the Aisne département, Picardie, France on the Aisne River is about 60 miles northeast of Paris and is one of the most ancient cities of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones. ...

Roman Soissons (c.457-486)

This Kingdom of Soissons, also called the Kingdom of Syagrius, is inaccurately named; it was neither ruled by a king, or even considered by its citizens as anything other than a separated province of the Western Roman Empire. The Western Roman Empire is the name given to the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian. ...

Its origins were in the reign of the Western Emperor Majorian (457-461). During that time, Majorian appointed Aegidius to be magister militum of the Gallic provinces. The only remaining Roman territory in Gaul was in the northwest, with a small strip connetcing it to Italy. During Majorian's reign, that corridor was annexed by the Germanic tribes now occupying Gaul, thus efectively cutting off Aegidius and his citizens from the Empire. Julius Valerius Majorianus (c. ... Events February 7 - Leo I becomes East Roman emperor. ... Events August 2 - Majorian resigns as Western Roman Emperor; shortly afterwards Libius Severus is declared western Roman emperor by Ricimer November 19 - Hilarius succeeds Leo as Pope Births Deaths March 17 - Saint Patrick, missionary in Ireland (traditional date) August 7 - Majorian, western Roman emperor November 10 - Pope Leo I Categories... Aegidius (unknown - 464) was the magister militum per Gallias during the reign of the Roman emperor Majorian, and in the chaos of Gaul in the middle of the fifth century preserved a Gallo-Roman rump state in the region surrounding Soissons. ... Magister militum (Master of the Soldiers) was a rank used in the later Roman Empire dating from the reign of Constantine. ... Gallia (in English Gaul) is the Latin name for the region of western Europe occupied by present-day France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ...

Aegidius was allied to Childeric I, King of the Salian Franks, and helped him defeat the Vandals at Orleans in 463. The Romano-British, after the Roman withdrawl from Britain, may have requested military assistance from Aegidius (see Groans of the Britons). At any rate, the Romano-British settlements in Armorica bordered Soissons to the west, and there was certainly trade between them, especially as they were the last outposts of Roman civilization in that part of the world. Childeric I, (c. ... The Salian Franks were a subgroup of the Franks. ... The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire, and created a state in North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage. ... This article is about Orléans, France; for other meanings see Orleans (disambiguation). ... Events Childeric I, king of the Salian Franks, allies with the Roman general Aegidus against the Visigoths. ... The term Romano-British describes the Romanised culture of Britain under the rule of the Roman Empire, when Roman and Christian culture had extensively entered into the life of the native Brythonic, Pictish and perhaps Gaelic -speaking peoples of Britain. ... The Groans of the Britons (Latin: gemitus Britannorum) is the name of the final appeal made by the post-Roman population of Britain for assistance against foreign invasion. ... Armorica or Aremorica is the name given in ancient times to the part of Gaul that includes the Brittany peninsula and the territory between the Seine and Loire rivers inland to an indeterminate point. ...

Aegidius continued to govern until his death in 464, which may have been murder at the hands of an agent of one of Childeric's enemies. At that point his son, Syagrius, took his place. Syagrius governed using the title of dux (a provincial military commander), but the neighboring Germanic tribes referred to him as "King of the Romans;" hence, the name of his enclave. Even after the fall of the Western Empire in 476, Syagrius continued to maintain the pretense that he was merely governing a Roman province. For other uses, see number 464. ... Syagrius (died 487) was the son of Aegidius, the last Roman magister militum per Gallias, who had preserved a rump state around Soissons after the collapse of central rule in the western empire. ... Dux (Latin for leader) was also another name for a Roman miltary commander; usually, a general who commanded multiple legions without also being a governor. ... The title King of the Romans (Latin: Rex Romanorum) — not to be confused with the early, partially mythical Kings of Rome — was carried by Holy Roman Emperors after they had been confirmed as Emperor, but before they had undergone the ceremony of coronation by the Pope. ... Events August - The usurper Basiliscus is deposed and Zeno is restored as Eastern Roman Emperor. ... Map of the Roman Empire, with the provinces, after 120 AD. In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin, provincia, pl. ...

Childeric had since died, and his son Clovis I was now the Frankish king. Clovis made continual war against Syagrius, and in 486, had conquered the last of the Roman territory Syagrius had governed. Syagrius sought refuge with the Vandal king Alaric II, but was betrayed, captured, and sent to Clovis, who executed him in 487. Non-contemporary coin with obverse legend Clovis Roy de France Clovis I (or Chlodowech or Chlodwig, modern French Louis, modern German Ludwig) (c. ... For the processor, see Intel 80486. ... Alaric II (d. ... Events Births Deaths April 17 - Proclus, Neoplatonic philosopher Syagrius, King of the Romans in Soissons See also Intel 80487 Categories: 487 ...

Frankish Soissons (511-613)

Clovis I ruled the Franks until his death in 511. When he died, the Frankish realm was divided into four kingdoms, one for each of his sons. Clotaire I recieved the area formerly ruled by Syagrius (Clotaire hismelf had been born in Soissons a decade after Syagrius' death). Due to a combination of skillful diplomacy, warmongering, and murder of his relatives, Clotaire became the king of all Gaul by 555. Events Frankish kingdom split in four after the death of Clovis I; Childebert I becomes king of Paris, Clotaire I becomes king of Soissons, Chlodomer becomes king of Orléans, and Theuderic I becomes king of Reims and Austrasia. ... The Merovingians Chlodio is considered as the first king who started the conquest of Gaul by taking Camaracum (today Cambrai) and expanding the border down to the Somme. ... Clotaire I (or Chlothar or Chloderic) (497-561), a king of the Franks, was one of the four sons of Clovis. ... For other uses, see number 555. ...

When Clotaire died in 561, the Frankish realm was divided into three kingdoms, one for each son. The western kingdom of Neustria cotninued to be governed from Soissons until all Franks were once more unified under the Neustrian king Clotaire II in 613. Except for the period of 639-673, when a division between Neustria and Austrasia occured, the Franks remained unified until the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Events Clotaire I dies, and the Frankish kingdom is divided; Sigebert I becomes king of Austrasia, Chilperic I becomes king of Neustria, Charibert becomes king of Paris, and Guntram becomes king of Burgundy. ... Neustria & Austrasia The territory of Neustria originated in A.D. 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the northern seacoast approximating most of the north of present-day France. ... Clotaire II (584-629) was not yet born when his father, King Chilperic I died in 584, although he was born later that year. ... For alternate meanings, see Number 613. ... Events Dagobert I succeeded by Clovis II as king of the Franks in Neustria and Burgundy During the Islamic conquest of Persia, Susa is destroyed Births Deaths Pippin I of Landen, father of Gertrude of Nivelles Categories: 639 ... Events Hlothhere becomes king of Kent Maelduin becomes King of Dalriada Foundation of Ely, England Births Bede, English monk, writer and historian (or 672) Deaths Childeric II, Frankish king of Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy Domangart II, King of Dalriada General Kim Yu-shin of Silla Heads of states Japan - Temmu... Austrasia & Neustria Austrasia was the northeastern portion of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, comprising parts of what are now eastern France, western Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. ... In the Treaty of Verdun of 843 the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious divided his territories, the Carolingian Empire, into three kingdoms. ... Events Treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian empire between the 3 sons of Louis the Pious. ...