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<p>The <b>Merovingian dynasty</b>  was the ruling family of the <a href="page.php?w=Franks">Franks</a> from around the middle of the 5th century until <a href="page.php?w=Pepin_the_Short">Pepin the Short</a> in 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern <a href="page.php?w=Gaul">Gaul</a>. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern <a href="page.php?w=Gallo-Romans">Gallo-Romans</a> under their rule. They conquered most of Gaul, defeating the <a href="page.php?w=Visigoths">Visigoths</a> (507) and the <a href="page.php?w=Burgundians">Burgundians</a></p><p>
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