Volume 2 Chapter 12

COMPENDIUM OF WORLD HISTORY

VOLUME 2

A Dissertation Presented to The Faculty of the Ambassador College Graduate
School of Education In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy

by Herman L. Hoeh

1963 1966, 1969 Edition

CHAPTER XII

TROJAN MIGRATION TO FRANCE

After Troy fell, in 1181, the populace in the conquered regions fled from
the Greeks to various parts of Europe. One of these groups was led by Aeneas
and finally reached Italy. But, there were other groups who left Troy after
the First Trojan War.

Another group of Trojan refugees was led by Francio the son of the ill-fated
Hector, and heir to the line of Samothes in Gaul. These fled to the northern
shore of the Black Sea, then returned to Isauria in Asia Minor, from where they
migrated to Pannonia and then on to Western Europe. From these Trojans is descended
the house of the Dukes of Brabant (an old province embracing parts of modern
Belgium and the Netherlands). From this Assyro-Judaic family came Charlemagne,
the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.

A complete list of these Trojan rulers, from Hector down to Charlemagne,
is found in the work by Jhr. C. A. Rethaan Macarentitled ‘Oude Kronijk van
Brabant’, in the ‘Codex Diplomaticus Neerlandicus,’ series 2, part 3, published
by Het Historisch Genootschap te Utrecht, Utrecht, Holland in 1855.

The chronology starts with 1181 and continues right down the line without
complications till Silvius Brabon II, who begins to reign in 732. The beginning
and end of each reign is synchronized with contemporary Biblical history, which,
incidentally, is presented in its correct chronology down to a period long after
the dividing of the monarchy.

Between Silvius Brabon II and Troylus II (370-331) complications are introduced.
The author will state a certain figure for the length of the reign, yet this
will completely disagree with the length of reign obtained through his cross
references to contemporary Roman history. Silvius Brabon II, for example, is
stated to have reigned 60 years. Yet, the cross references of the beginning
and end of his reign in terms of Roman history show that he reigned only 32
years. The difficulty is readily overcome when we realize that the Trojan rulers
of this period shared the throne jointly with either a successor or a predecessor.
The author preserved the correct lengths of individual reigns only in the cross
references to contemporary Roman history.

Charlemagne, too, it must be remembered, ruled jointly with his brother.

The recording of joint reigns ceases after Troylus II and the chronology
again becomes uniform. Troylus II ruled jointly with his successor, Priamus
VI. It will be noticed, below, that even in the figures for his sole reign,
the last year overlaps with the first year of his successor. This is stated
in the author’s cross references to contemporary Roman and Greek history.

Under the Princes and Dukes of Brabant there are two short interregnums which
become apparent from the chronology, one in A.D. 456-459 and the other in A.D.
714-715. We must remember that this is the story of Brabant though the individuals
concerned had other dominions and offices as well. Charlemagne, for example,
was a Duke of Brabant, but he was also King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor
at the same time. The short interregnums therefore mean nothing more than that
the title to the dukedom was vacant for that period of time. The ruler himself
was usually alive, but simply did not claim the dukedom.

This is only a matter of internal politics and does not affect the chronology
of the history as a whole.

TROJANS KINGS OF ISAURIA

TROJAN KINGS OF SICAMBRIA AND PANNONIA

‘Brabon junior,’ the youngest son of Francio IV. He entered the services
of his relative the duke of Arcadia in Greece, and was rewarded for his distinguished
service with a wife of noble birth. Ten years after the death of his father,
his wife gave birth to a son who was named Brabon Silvius. At the same time
Julius Caesar was born to the duke of Arcadia.

‘Brabon Silvius’ accompanied Julius Caesar in the Roman conquest of Gaul.
Julius Caesar conquered the kingdom of Agrippina (Cologne), killed the king,
and sent the king’s sister Silvana to his father the duke of Arcadia.

At that time there stayed with the duke of Arcadia a man named ‘Karolus.’
His father, also called Karolus, was a powerful figure and leader of a military
division at Nijmegen. He was born of the old Trojan line, being the son of a
certain Pharamunt who had 14 sons. This must be none other than Francio IV (138-118).

‘Karolus,’ the son of Karolus, received a bad reputation because of his licentious
life. So his father sent him away from home to the duke of Arcadia. Here, according
to the Chronicle, he married the duke’s daughter ‘Zwana,’ who, upon their return
to the Low Countries, gave birth to a son called ‘Octavianus’. This Octavianus
later became Roman Emperor Augustus.

Karolus junior also had two daughters, Octaviana and Zwana. Zwana was given
by her uncle Julius Caesar in marriage to Brabon Silvius.

After the death of Karolus, Julius Caesar adopted Octavianus. The kingdom
of Agrippina he gave to Brabon Silvius.

KINGS OF AGRIPPINA

PRINCES OF BRABANT

DUKES OF BRABANT

KINGS OF FRISIA

In 321 B.C. a line of princes migrated via India to the area of northern
Holland and northwestern Germany under their leader Friso.

Friso descended from Ragan or Reu (Gen. 11:19) according to ‘La Grande Chronique
… de Hollande, Zelande’ etc., p. 28. Friso was an adventurer in the service
of Alexander the Great. After being released from service, he came with a group
of settlers from the river Indus to Europe. There he gained power (313) over
the local counts by means of intrigue. A descendant, Friso, became king in 287,
commencing a secondary line of rulers.

DUKES OF FRISIA

After this Frisia again becomes a kingdom.

SECOND GROUP OF KINGS OF FRISIA

Frisia, which had already been conquered by the Franks, was made an integral
part of the Frankish realm in 775 by Charlemagne. From that time on it was ruled
by dukes appointed by the Franks. King lists are derived from ‘Hamconius’ and
‘Oera Linda Boek.’

TROJAN KINGS OF THE BELGIANS

While the descendants of Hector fled Troy and migrated to France, Bavo led
another group into Western Europe. This is the little known story of the royal
family that governed the Celts and the Belgians on the Continent.

Archaeologists have found a vast cultural complex on the Rhine River and
its tributaries. The almost unknown account of this area is preserved to us
by Jacques de Guyse in his ‘Histore de Hainaut,’ a French translation of his
original Latin work of the thirteenth century. (Hainaut is an ancient division
of Belgium.)

Archaeologists, of course, admit that the Belgian people came from the steppes
of Eastern Europe. But just who the people of Belgium, Holland, Frisia, Luxembourg
and Northern France are, archaeology has no answer. Yet we do not have to remain
in ignorance. History has the answer — if scholars only had the wit to see.
But as with so many records, historians have rejected what they do not want
to believe.

They have carefully hidden the Jewish-Trojan origin of the royal houses of
Western Europe.

The Belgian line commences with Bavo, the son of a sister of Laomedon, king
of Troy. Bavo was therefore a cousin of King Priam.

Following the fall of Troy a migration into Europe occurred along the Danube.
It reached the Rhine by 1179. Bavo, reported Jacques de Guyse, ‘encountered
with pleasure the descendants of the Assyrians who have followed Trebeta, and
who had been compatriots of the Trojans and served the same deities’ (‘Table
Generale de l’Histoire de Hainaut,’ II, page 388).

Here, in outline form, is Jacques de Guyse’s account of the Belgian rulers
after the fall of Troy in 1181. Only the most important details are included
from the copious annals of Hainaut.

With Herisbrand ended the rule of the priest-kings over the Belgians. Political
upheaval forced a change in form of government and brought a strong-willed,
able warrior to the royal estate. In 776 — the year of the first Olympiad in
Greece — Ursus, whose name means ‘bearlike,’ obtained the throne and organized
much of continental Western Europe under his power. The Annals of Hainaut give
the following account of the kings of Belgium from 776-470.

There followed a number of dukes, annually elected, none of whose names have
come down in history. The last, Missenus, whose son came to the throne in 386,
is the only one whose name has been preserved. The actual duration of power
of the dukes over the provinces of Belgium is traditionally given as 104 years
— evidently from 490 to 386. It therefore appears that they came into prominence
with the death of Suardus. The new line of kings which existed until the Roman
victory in 52 is as follows:

KINGS OF THE CELTS IN GAUL

During the period that the priest-kings of the line of Bavo ruled over the
Belglans, the Celts in Europe were being governed by another line. This line
of kings sprang from Francus, scion of the House of Troy, and last king of the
Britons before the coming of Brutus.

Francus, according to the historian Freculphe (see Vol. 19 of ‘Histoire de
Hainaut,’ sec. cclxvii), began a line of kings that ultimately ruled in Gaul.
He originally turned over the government of Britain to the Druids (until the
time of Brutus). He supported the Trojans against the Greeks. After the Greek
victory, he continued to govern the remnants of the Celts along the lower reaches
of the Danube basin. An outline of these little-known kings of the Celts is
given below.

The length of reign of Trogotus given above is indicated by the following.
The only known Agrippa in the history of Western Europe at this period of history
is the Trojan king of Alba in Italy. Not uncommonly have the kings of Italy
and Alba ruled Celtica in Gaul.

Jasius did in 1601-1551. A later Silvius came to the British throne (see
Vol. I of ‘Compendium’ on British history). This Agrippa could hardly be other
than the Agrippa of Italy. Though sometimes assigned 41 years, Eusebius assigns
him 40 years in Alba — 915-875. If Eusebius’ figure is used, the 28-year reign
of Agrippa over the Celts may be dated 903-875. Then the reign of Camber would
be 808-776. It makes sense. Camber reigned until the very year (776) that Ursus
began his rule in Belgium. When Ursus came to power he demanded allegiance of
both Celts and Germans.

From this restoration it becomes clear that whoever controlled the ancient
city Trier (which was then part of Belgium) was in a favorable position to dominate
over the Celts of Gaul. A similar situation occurred over 1500 years later when
Charlemagne ruled all Western Europe from Aachen, a city near Trier.