Faramund (365-430) was King of the Franks during the late 4th century AD, succeeding Marcomer.
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Faramund was born in Flevum, Frisia (Velsen, Netherlands) in 365, the son of Marcomer and Ultrogotha and the brother of Emelrich and Theudemer. Marcomer sought for the Franks to be united under one king, so he bequeathed his titles to Faramund, the first Frankish king to rule over a united people. By 395 AD, he ruled over a moderately prosperous people based from Flevum; 85% of his subjects were Germanic pagans, while 15% were Arian Christians (who grew in numbers due to the influence of Roman missionaries). Faramund was a warlike leader who forged alliances or non-aggression pacts with his Germanic neighbors and concentrated on invading Roman Gaul. The Western Roman Empire's armies were overstretched, allowing for the Franks to conquer Gallia Belgica and Lugdunensis. Faramund spent much of his reign crushing Gallo-Roman uprisings in his recently-conquered regions, preventing him from immediately completing his conquest of present-day France.
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