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King Clovis I (b. 466, d. 511)

Clovis I (son of Childeric I and Basina Von Thuringia)^{960, 961} was born 466^{962, 963}, and died 511^{964, 965}.He married Saint Clotilda on 493 in France⁹⁶⁵, daughter of Chilperic II.
Notes for Clovis I:
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King of the Salian Franks 481-486
King of the Franks 486-511
Clovis inherite d his father's kingdom in 481, at which time he unified the Salian and Ripurian Franks. In 486 he defeated the Roman general Syagrius who ruled northern Gaul out of Soissons. By 493 he married the Burgundian princess Clotilda. In 496, af ter defeating the Alamanni, he was baptized, thus becoming the first Christian ruler of post-Roman Gaul. By 506 the Alamanni were subdued, and the next year C lovis finished his expansion by taking Aquitaine from the weak Visigothic king Alaric II. On Clovis' death in 511, the kingdom was split between Chlodomer (Or leans), Childebert (Paris), Chlotar (Soissons), and Theuderic (Metz).
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King of the Salian Franks 481-486
King of the Franks 486-511
Clovis inherite d his father's kingdom in 481, at which time he unified the Salian and Ripurian Franks. In 486 he defeated the Roman general Syagrius who ruled northern Gaul out of Soissons. By 493 he married the Burgundian princess Clotilda. In 496, af ter defeating the Alamanni, he was baptized, thus becoming the first Christian ruler of post-Roman Gaul. By 506 the Alamanni were subdued, and the next year C lovis finished his expansion by taking Aquitaine from the weak Visigothic king Alaric II. On Clovis' death in 511, the kingdom was split between Chlodomer (Or leans), Childebert (Paris), Chlotar (Soissons), and Theuderic (Metz).
KIng of the Franks (482)King of the Franks
More About Clovis I:
Date born 2: 463^{966, 967}
More About Clovis I and Saint Clotilda:
Marriage: 493, France.⁹⁶⁷
Children of Clovis I and Saint Clotilda are:

+Clothar I, b. 497⁹⁶⁷, d. November 23, 561⁹⁶⁷.