Basina or Basine (c. 438 – 477) was remembered as a queen of Thuringia in the middle of the fifth century, by much later authors such as especially Gregory of Tours.[1] However, because Gregory described her family's kingdom of Thuringia as being on the Gaulish or western side of the river Rhine, it is sometimes thought to be the Civitas Tungrorum, which is now Belgium.
Gregory of Tours reported that Childeric I was exiled from Roman Gaul for a period, and during that time he went to the kingdom of Thuringia. When he returned, Basina came with him, although she had been married to the king there, Bisinus. She herself took the initiative to ask for the hand of Childeric I, king of the Franks, and married him. For as she herself said, "I want to have the most powerful man in the world, even if I have to cross the ocean for him".[2]
Childeric and Basina were the parents of Clovis I, who is remembered as the first medieval king to rule Gaul, and all the Frankish kingdoms.
^Singer, Rachel (2022-03-14). "Gregory's forgotten rebel: the portrayal of Basina by Gregory of Tours and its implications". Early Medieval Europe. 30 (2): 185–208. doi:10.1111/emed.12534. ISSN 0963-9462. S2CID 247463456.
^Gregory of Tours (28 February 1976). "Book II". The History of the Franks. Translated by Lewis Thorpe. Baltimore: Penguin. ISBN9780140442953.
^Deeds of the Bishops of Cambrai, (Bernard S. Bachrach, David S. Bachrach, Michael Leese, trans.), Routledge, 2017, 9781317036210
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