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• Title	King
  Suffix	*
  Birth	466	Tournai ? (Chlodovech) - son of Childeric   [4]
  	Clovis,  born abt 466,  son of Childeric (abt 437-481), born at the city of Tournai (now part of modern Belgium).
  Gender	Male
  Died	511	Lutetia (Paris)
  Buried	Paris ? - 1st of Merovingian Kings
  Person ID	I19157	mykindred
  Last Modified	30 May 2003 00:00:00
  Father	Childeric I. of Merovia, *
  Family ID	F6804	Group Sheet
  Family	Clotilde I. of Burgundy, *, b. 475, Burgundy (St. Clotilde) - dtr of Chilperic
  Married	Abt 493	Burgundy   [5]
  Children	1. Clotilda II of Burgundy, b. Abt 497, Soissons, dtr of Clovis the Riparian > 2. Childebert I. of Cologne, *, b. Abt 499, Soissons - son of Clovis   3. Theodoric of Metz, King of Metz, b. Abt 501, Soissons - son of Clovis   4. Lothair (Chlothar) of Soisson, King, b. Abt 500, Soissons - son of Clovis   5. Chlodomer of Orleans, b. Abt 502, Soissons - son of Clovis the Riparian
  Family ID	F6803	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Clovis the 1st. aka Chlod'wig; Chlo'do-wech Born about 466. King of the Salian Franks, and one of the earliest rulers of the Merovingian dynasty of the Franks from 481-511. King of the Riparian Franks (Riparian - dwellers by the river bank = ripa)  He married Princess Clotilda, dtr of Chilperic, and niece of Gundobad. She was a Burgundian Christian and converted Clovis at their marriage in 496. Baptized by Remy, Bishop of Rheims. Clovis overthrew the Gallo-Roman colony ruled by Syagrius, near Soisson in 486. The Alemanni (Alamanni) crossed the Rhine and attacked the Franks who were led by Clovis. Clovis and his army Defeated the Alamanni at Tolbiacum (Zulpich), near the Rhine in 496. (near Strasbourg) - the Alamanni had settled the Alsace-Lorraine area in 443) Convinced that his prayers to the Christian God had been answered and helped him defeat the enemy, Clovis then was baptized, along with several thousand of his followers, and so Christianity came to the pagan kingdom of the Franks. Clovis Defeated the West Goths in 507. The Visigoths are defeated at the Battle of Campus Vogladensis. Alaric II was killed, and Clovis annexed the Visigoth kingdom of Toulouse. The Visigoths remained in control of the Iberian Peninsula. Clovis I established his capital at Lutetia (which became Paris). Clovis established the "Riparian Right" system, of landowners rights who lived on both sides of a river or stream, being equal to those who owned or lived further up toward the source of the stream. Tried to unite all the Franks into one kingdom, but failed. Divided his kingdom among his four sons just before he died in 511. He was age 45. His sons were Theodoric, Chlodomer, Childebert, and Lothair, who divide the Frankish kingdom, and rule from the capitals at Metz, Orleans, Paris, and Soissons. Theodoric at Metz Chlodomer at Orleans Childebert at Lutetia (Paris) Lothair at Soissons.

• Sources

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