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Birth:          ABT  466 
Death:          27 Nov  511 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_I
Clovis (Latin: Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlodowig;[1] c. 466 – November 
27, 511)[2] 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 royal chieftains to rule by a 
single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.[3] He is 
considered to have been the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the 
Frankish kingdom for the next two centuries.

Clovis was the son of Childeric I, a Merovingian king of the Salian Franks, and Basina, 
a Thuringian princess. In 481, at the age of fifteen,[4] Clovis succeeded his father. He 
conquered the remaining rump state of the Western Roman Empire at the Battle of 
Soissons (486), and by his death in 511 he had conquered much of the northern and 
western parts of what had formerly been Roman Gaul.

Clovis is important in the historiography of France as "the first king of what would 
become France".[5] His name is Germanic, composed of the elements hlod ("fame") 
and wig ("combat"), and is the origin of the later French given name Louis, borne by 
18 kings of France. Dutch, the most closely related modern language to Frankish, 
reborrowed the name as Lodewijk from German in the 12th century.[6]

Clovis is also significant due to his conversion to Christianity in 496, largely at the 
behest of his wife, Clotilde, who would later be venerated as a saint for this act, 
celebrated today in both the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. 
Clovis was baptized on Christmas Day in 508.[7] The adoption by Clovis of Catholicism 
(as opposed to the Arianism of most other Germanic tribes) led to widespread 
conversion among the Frankish peoples, to religious unification across what is now 
modern-day France, Belgium and Germany, and three centuries later to Charlemagne's 
alliance with the Bishop of Rome and in the middle of the 10th century under Otto I 
the Great to the consequent birth of the early Holy Roman Empire.
Later years and death[edit]
 
Shortly before his death, Clovis called a synod of Gallic bishops to meet in Orléans to 
reform the Church and create a strong link between the Crown and the Catholic 
episcopate. This was the First Council of Orléans. Thirty-three bishops assisted and 
passed 31 decrees on the duties and obligations of individuals, the right of sanctuary, 
and ecclesiastical discipline. These decrees, equally applicable to Franks and 
Romans, first established equality between conquerors and conquered.

Clovis I is traditionally said to have died on 27 November 511; however, the Liber 
Pontificalis suggests that he was still alive in 513, so the date of his death is not 
known for certain.[21] After his death, Clovis was laid to rest in the Abbey of St 
Genevieve in Paris. His remains were relocated to Saint Denis Basilica in the mid- to 
late-18th century.

When Clovis died, his kingdom was partitioned among his four sons, Theuderic, 
Chlodomer, Childebert, and Clotaire. This partition created the new political units of 
the Kingdoms of Rheims, Orléans, Paris and Soissons, and inaugurated a tradition that 
would lead to disunity lasting until the end of the Merovingian dynasty in 751. The 
disunity continued under the Carolingians until, after a brief unity under Charlemagne, 
the Franks splintered into distinct spheres of cultural influence that coalesced around 
Eastern and Western centers of royal power. These later political, linguistic, and 
cultural entities became the Kingdom of France, the myriad German States, and the 
semi-autonomous kingdoms of Burgundy and Lotharingia.

Parents
____ Childeric I (ABT  436 - ABT  481)
OF THURINGIA Basina ()

Siblings
____ Clovis I "the Great" (ABT  466 - 27 Nov  511)

Marriage To ____ Clotilde (Clothilda) ( 475 -  548)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Chilperic (ABT  450 -  493)
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Children by ____ Clotilde (Clothilda)  475 -  548
____ Clotilda (Chrodechildis) ( 497 -  531)
____ Clothaire I (Clotaire I) (Chlotar) (ABT  497 -  561)

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