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Clovis (Latin: Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdowig; c. 466 – 27 November 511) [2] was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Franks 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. [3]
Before Clovis, we have Gallo-Roman and Gaulish prehistory. The decisive element, for me, is that Clovis was the first king to have been baptized a Christian. My country is a Christian country and I reckon the history of France beginning with the accession of a Christian king who bore the name of the Franks". [19]
King in Austrasia also claimed Neustria and Burgundy Childeric II Spring 673 – Autumn 675 653 [5] Paris Son of Clovis II and Balthild: Bilichild, 662: 2 sons Autumn 675 Aged 21/22 Second son of Clovis II King in Austrasia 662-675 Theuderic III Autumn 675 – 12 April 691 654 Paris Son of Clovis II and Balthild: 1. Chrothildis, pre-675: 2 sons ...
Clovis I (c. 466 – 511), the first king of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler; Clovis II (c. 634 – c. 657), king of Neustria and Burgundy and first of the Rois Fainéants; Clovis III (reigned 675–676), king of Austrasia, considered a usurper by some; Clovis IV (c. 677–694), boy king of the Franks from 691 until 694
The original edition of the code was commissioned by the first king of all the Franks, Clovis I (c. 466–511), and published sometime between 507 and 511. [5] He appointed four commissioners [ 6 ] to research customary law that, until the publication of the Salic law, had been recorded only in the minds of designated elders, who would meet in ...
Clovis III (reigned 675–676), the king of Austrasia; Clovis IV (682–695), the sole king of the Franks from 691 until 695; Clovis (died 580), son of Chilperic I and Audovera, assassinated by his father and stepmother; Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, King of Aquitaine from 781 and sole ruler of the Franks 814–840, but counted as "Louis ...
The French monarchy may have adopted the fleur-de-lis for its royal coat of arms as a symbol of purity to commemorate the conversion of Clovis I, [37] and a reminder of the fleur-de-lis ampulla that held the oil used to anoint the king. So, the fleur-de-lis stood as a symbol of the king's divinely approved right to rule. The thus "anointed ...
The king's Catholic baptism was of immense importance in the subsequent history of Western and Central Europe in general, for Clovis expanded his dominion over almost all of Gaul. Catholicism offered certain advantages to Clovis as he fought to distinguish his rule among many competing power centers in Western Europe.