According to David Icke (The Biggest Secret) "There is a 'royal' bloodline called the Merovingians who claim that the Merovigians are the bloodline of Jesus, via the child or children he conceived with Mary Magadalene, who fled with them to the South of France after the 'Crucifixion'. But there was no Jesus and no Mary because these are symbolic figures in a story which has been told endless times throughout the pre-Christian world, using different names. How could two symbolic people concieve a bloodline that became the Merovingians? It's baloney and this tale has been hatched to divert researchers from the truth. Yes, the truth is about the Merovingians are a major one. But no, it has nothing whatsover to do with Jesus. This particular line, going back to Alexander the Great and beyond, became known as the Merovingians in France by the 5th and 6th centuries."