Basina of Thuringia, circa 438-477.

Basina (438-477 A.D.), was Queen of Thuringia, “ daughter of King Basin”. This gave her the title of Saxon Princess. Basina married King Basinus and became the Queen of Thuringia. 

Although she was married to King Basinus, she knew she had to be with Childeric II, who was the King of the Salian Franks. She followed him and asked for his hand in marriage. Together she and Childeric had four children; Clovis I, Audofleda, Lanthilde, and Aboflede.  Basina was a descendant and prophet from the Grail line, with magical powers, after having had a vision regarding her and Childeric II.

Queen Consort of Childeric I

Mother of Clovis I

Basina of Thuringia left her first husband after having had a vision that see would engage to a marriage with the Frankish King Childeric in Gaul. She was the mother of Clovis I, giving him the name Chlodovech (Clovis is the Latin form of his name).

Basina had prophetic abilities and on their wedding night, Basina sends Childeric from their bed and tells him to report what he sees outside. First he sees ‘beasts like a lion, a unicorn and a leopard’, then ‘beasts like bears and wolves’, and finally ‘smaller beasts like dogs and even smaller beasts twisting and pulling at each other.’ Basina reveals the significance of these visions as representing Childeric’s descendants: the lion is their son; the unicorn and the leopard their grandsons; the wolves and bears the latter’s offspring. The dogs and smaller beasts represent what will happen in the following generations, ‘when the support (columpna) of the Kingdom falls apart’: men who rule with the courage of dogs, while the people ‘destroy each other without the fear of rulers.’

Their daughter Audofleda married the Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great. Audofleda’s daughter was Amalasuntha who ruled as Queen of the Ostrogoths.