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Clovis (Latin: Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdowig; c. 466 – 27 November 511) [1] 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. [2]
The First Council of Orléans was convoked by Clovis I, King of the Franks, in 511. [1] Clovis called for this synod four years after his victory over the Visigoths under Alaric II at the Battle of Vouillé in 507.
The sons of Clovis I, the first King of the Franks, conquered the Burgundian and the Alamanni Kingdoms. They acquired Provence, and went on to make the peoples of the Bavarii and Thuringii their clients. The Merovingians were later replaced by the new Carolingian dynasty in the 8th century. By the late 10th century, the Carolingians themselves ...
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]
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
In 486, Clovis I defeated the Gallo-Romans decisively, impelling the commander, Syagrius to flee to the court of Alaric II.Probably in 487, while Clovis was pillaging the land and besieging the cities that resisted (at least Verdun and Paris) he sent the King of the Visigoths an ultimatum: hand-over Syagrius or risk war.
Twenty years ago, Clovis took a fairly bold step in urban design. Recognizing the growing population, elected leaders approved a plan for 3,300 acres (a little over 5 square miles) on the city’s ...
Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I, king of the Franks (r. 507–511), as the first king of France. However, historians today consider that such a kingdom did not begin until the establishment of West Francia, after the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire in the 9th century. [1] [2]