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Francus is a mythological figure of Merovingian scholars which referred to a legendary eponymous king of the Franks, a descendant of the Trojans, founder of the Merovingian dynasty and forefather of Charlemagne. In the Renaissance, Francus was generally considered to be another name for the Trojan Astyanax (son of Hector) saved from the destruction of Troy. He is not considered to be historical, but in fact an attempt by medieval and Renaissance chroniclers to model the founding of France upon the same illustrious tradition as that used by Virgil in his Aeneid (which had Rome founded by the Trojan Aeneas).

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  • Francus (de)
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  • Francus (französisch: Francion) ist der erst im Mittelalter zur antiken griechischen Überlieferung erfundene Sohn des trojanischen Helden Hektor und sagenhafter Stammvater der Franken und Franzosen bzw. der fränkischen und französischen Könige. (de)
  • Francus is a mythological figure of Merovingian scholars which referred to a legendary eponymous king of the Franks, a descendant of the Trojans, founder of the Merovingian dynasty and forefather of Charlemagne. In the Renaissance, Francus was generally considered to be another name for the Trojan Astyanax (son of Hector) saved from the destruction of Troy. He is not considered to be historical, but in fact an attempt by medieval and Renaissance chroniclers to model the founding of France upon the same illustrious tradition as that used by Virgil in his Aeneid (which had Rome founded by the Trojan Aeneas). (en)
  • Francion (latin : Francus) aurait été un prince troyen, rescapé avec quelques compagnons de la prise de sa cité par les Grecs vers 1300 avant notre ère. De Frédégaire au VIIe siècle à Pierre de Ronsard au XVIe siècle, les historiens et les poètes ont donné plusieurs versions de son origine et de sa vie mais tous en ont fait l'ancêtre éponyme de la nation française et de ses rois. À partir du XVIIe siècle, le personnage de Francion et la légende de l’origine troyenne des Francs sont peu à peu tombés dans l'oubli. (fr)
  • Franco (in latino: Francus) è un personaggio mitologico, la cui leggenda ebbe origine nell'Alto medioevo, alla corte dei sovrani merovingi. Si tratterebbe di un leggendario re eponimo dei Franchi, discendente dei Troiani, fondatore della dinastia merovingia e antenato di Carlo Magno. Nel Rinascimento, Franco era generalmente considerato un altro nome per il troiano Astianatte (figlio di Ettore), salvato dalla distruzione di Troia. (it)
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  • Francus (französisch: Francion) ist der erst im Mittelalter zur antiken griechischen Überlieferung erfundene Sohn des trojanischen Helden Hektor und sagenhafter Stammvater der Franken und Franzosen bzw. der fränkischen und französischen Könige. (de)
  • Francus is a mythological figure of Merovingian scholars which referred to a legendary eponymous king of the Franks, a descendant of the Trojans, founder of the Merovingian dynasty and forefather of Charlemagne. In the Renaissance, Francus was generally considered to be another name for the Trojan Astyanax (son of Hector) saved from the destruction of Troy. He is not considered to be historical, but in fact an attempt by medieval and Renaissance chroniclers to model the founding of France upon the same illustrious tradition as that used by Virgil in his Aeneid (which had Rome founded by the Trojan Aeneas). The 7th century Chronicle of Fredegar contains the oldest mention of a medieval legend thus linking the Franks to the Trojans. The Carolingian Liber historiae Francorum elaborates new details, and the tradition continued to be elaborated throughout the Middle Ages, when it was taken seriously as genealogy and became a "veritable form of ethnic consciousness". The 8th-century Historia Brittonum, borrowing from the 6th-century Frankish Table of Nations, makes mention of Francus as one of the four sons of (Francus, , , and Brutus), grandsons of , the first man to live in Europe. The Grandes Chroniques de France (13th - 15th centuries), a vast compilation of historic material, make reference of the Trojan origins of the French dynasty. Johannes Trithemius' De origine gentis Francorum compendium (1514) describes the Franks as originally Trojans (called "Sicambers" or "Sicambrians") after the fall of Troy who came into Gaul after being forced out of the area around the mouth of the Danube by the Goths in 439 B.C. (section 1, p, 33). He also details the reigns of each of these kings—including Francus (section 43, p. 76) from whom the Franks are named—and their battles with the Gauls, Goths, Saxons, etc. Annio da Viterbo also describes the arrival of Trojans into Gaul. Based on the medieval legend, Jean Lemaire de Belges's Illustrations de Gaule et Singularités de Troie (1510–12) has Astyanax survive the fall of Troy and arrive in Western Europe. He changes his name to Francus and becomes king of Celtic Gaul (while, at the same time, Bavo, cousin of Priam, comes to the city of Trier) and founds the dynasty leading to Pepin and Charlemagne. He is said to have founded and named the city of Paris in honor of his uncle Paris. Gilles Corrozet's La Fleur des antiquitez... de Paris (1532) describes Francis I as the 64th descendant of Hector of Troy. Lemaire de Belges' work inspired Pierre de Ronsard's epic poem La Franciade (1572). In this poem, Jupiter saves Astyanax (renamed Francus). The young hero arrives in Crete and falls in love with the princess Hyanthe with whom he is destined to found the royal dynasty of France. (en)
  • Francion (latin : Francus) aurait été un prince troyen, rescapé avec quelques compagnons de la prise de sa cité par les Grecs vers 1300 avant notre ère. De Frédégaire au VIIe siècle à Pierre de Ronsard au XVIe siècle, les historiens et les poètes ont donné plusieurs versions de son origine et de sa vie mais tous en ont fait l'ancêtre éponyme de la nation française et de ses rois. À partir du XVIIe siècle, le personnage de Francion et la légende de l’origine troyenne des Francs sont peu à peu tombés dans l'oubli. Sous l'Ancien Régime, les listes des Roi de France commençaient avec Pharamond et ne tenaient pas compte de Francion qui d'ailleurs ne fut jamais présenté comme un roi de France. Dans les grandes chroniques de France qui relataient l'origine troyenne des Francs, la création de la royauté est postérieure à l'arrivée des Francs dans la Gaule du Nord avec Marcomir. (fr)
  • Franco (in latino: Francus) è un personaggio mitologico, la cui leggenda ebbe origine nell'Alto medioevo, alla corte dei sovrani merovingi. Si tratterebbe di un leggendario re eponimo dei Franchi, discendente dei Troiani, fondatore della dinastia merovingia e antenato di Carlo Magno. Nel Rinascimento, Franco era generalmente considerato un altro nome per il troiano Astianatte (figlio di Ettore), salvato dalla distruzione di Troia. Non è considerato storico, ma in realtà un tentativo da parte di cronisti medievali e rinascimentali di modellare la fondazione della Francia sulla stessa illustre tradizione usata da Virgilio nella sua Eneide (che descrisse Roma come fondata dai discendenti dell'eroe troiano Enea). (it)
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