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Chlodwig I. König der Franken [7265]
(466-511) |
Chlodwig I. König der Franken [7265] 1716
General Notes: CHLODOVECH [Clovis], son of CHILDERICH I King of the Franks & his wife Basina --- ([464/67]-Paris [27 Nov] 511, bur Paris, basilique des Saints-Apôtres [later église de Sainte-Genevičve]). Gregory of Tours names Clovis as son of Childerich & Basina[37]. The Liber Historić Francorum names "Childerico" as father of "Chlodovecho rege"[38]. He succeeded his father in [481/82] as CLOVIS I King of the Franks. He defeated Syagrius, ruler at Soissons, in 486. The Liber Historić Francorum records that "Chlodovechus" expanded his kingdom "usque Sequanam" and afterwards "usque Ligere fluvio"[39]. He remained a pagan after his marriage to a Catholic wife, but converted to Christianity in [496] allegedly having vowed to do so if successful in a battle against the Alamans[40]. He allied with Godegisel against Gondebaud King of Burgundy in [500][41]. He defeated and killed Alaric II King of the Visigoths at the campus Vogladensis[42], probably Voulan, near Poitiers, athough this is popularly known as the battle of Vouillé[43], in 507. Gregory of Tours records that Clovis took control of the territory of Sigebert King of the Franks of the Rhine, after persuading Sigeric's son Chloderic to kill his father and then killing Chloderic, as well as the territory of Chararic King of the Salian Franks[44]. Gregory of Tours records the death of King Clovis in Paris "five years after the battle of Vouillé" and his burial in the church of the Holy Apostles, which he and Queen Clotilde had built[45]. Burial Notes: Church of the Holy Apostles Noted events in his life were: 1. Title Of Nobility: King of the Franks, between 509 and 27 November 511,. 1718 2. Clan: House of Merovingians,,. 1718 3. Chlodwig served in the military between 486 and 511 in Soissons (486), Battle of Tolbiac (496), Frankish-Thuringian(500-501), Battle of Vouillé (507), Franco-Visigothic Wars(507-511): Campaigns of Clovis I. 1718 4. Title Of Nobility: 5th King of France, between 481 and 511,. 1718 5. He was Catholicism in 496. 1718 Chlodwig married St. Clothilde DE BOURGOGNE Reine des Francs [7264] [MRIN: 5605], daughter of Chilperich II. König der Burgunder [7273] and Reine Carétčne Agrippina DE NARBONNE [7274]. (St. Clothilde DE BOURGOGNE Reine des Francs [7264] was born on 2 January 474 in Lyon, Kingdom of Bourgogne, Frankish Empire,1716 died on 3 March 545 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France 1716 and was buried on 6 March 545 in St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, Kingdom of Neustria, Frankish Empire 1716.) |