Ripuarish Franks

The Ripuarish Franks (also spelled Riparian) were an underkindred within the Teutonish Franks. "Ripuarish" means "of the ea" and is foremost gainstood to "salish," meaning "salty," as in the Salish Franks. The Ripuarish were indeed "of the ea," living mostly in the Rhineland, while the Salish were salty only in the meaning that they lived along the shore, in what is today Belgland and the Netherlands.

The headtown of the Ripuarish Franks at the time of Clovis I of the Salish was Cologne. Two of their kings are written: Sigebert the Lame and his son Chloderic, both of whom were overcome by Clovis around 508, when he took over their folk and togethered the Frankish thede.