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Clovis (Latin: Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlodowig; c. 466 – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.
Jun 27, 2024 · Clovis I, king of the Franks and ruler of much of Gaul from 481 to 511, a key period during the transformation of the Roman Empire into Europe. His dynasty, the Merovingian, survived more than 200 years. While he was not the first Frankish king, he was the kingdom’s political and religious founder.
- Kathleen Mitchell
- Clovis I was king of the Franks and ruler of much of Gaul from 481 to 511, a key period during the transformation of the Roman Empire into Europe....
- Clovis was the son of the pagan Frankish king Childeric and the Thuringian queen Basina. Clovis married the Roman Catholic Burgundian princess Clot...
- Clovis was born a pagan but converted to Roman Catholicism. Before accepting Catholicism, he was interested in the Christian heresy Arianism, sympa...
- Clovis’s kingdom began in the region encompassing modern Belgium and northeastern France, expanded south and west, and became the most powerful in...
Nov 10, 2014 · Clovis I (or Chlodovech, 466-511/513 CE), king of the Franks, is considered the founding father of the Merovingian Dynasty, which would continue for over 200 years.
- Donald L. Wasson
Clovis I, German Chlodweg, (born c. 466—died Nov. 27, 511, Paris, Fr.), Merovingian founder of the Frankish kingdom. The son of Childeric I, king of the Salian Franks, Clovis was still a pagan when he conquered the last Roman ruler in Gaul at Soissons (486).
His son Clovis I (died 511) converted to Nicene Christianity, united the Franks and conquered most of Gaul. The Merovingians treated their kingdom as single yet divisible. Clovis's four sons divided the kingdom among themselves, and it remained divided until 679 with the exception of four short periods (558–561, 613–623, 629–634, 673–675).
Apr 26, 2016 · Clovis I was the second king of the Merovingian Dynasty, and its first ruler to unite all the Franks in the region of Gaul under Merovingian rule. Due to this achievement, Clovis is often regarded as the founder of France. In addition to this unification, Clovis is also remembered for his conversion to Christianity.
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May 23, 2018 · The Frankish king Clovis I (465-511) founded the Merovingian kingdom of Gaul, the most successful of the barbarian states of the 5th century. He is widely regarded as the originator of the French nation.
