Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Clovis’s kingdom began in the region encompassing modern Clovis, like his father, dealt politically and diplomatically with the Catholic bishops of Gaul. These powerful figures had no qualms about working with Germanic kings, as a letter to Clovis from Bishop Recent scholarship has revealed flaws in Gregory’s account of Clovis and raised questions about the ultimate purpose of the However, Gregory and other contemporary authors were not wholly wrong in describing Clovis, a warrior king, as a religious figure.
Towards the end of the 5th century CE, the Roman Empire in the west was dying. The Frankish king Clovis I (465-511) founded the Merovingian kingdom of Gaul, the most successful of the barbarian states of the 5th century.
While it may or may not have been his intention, this division was the cause of much internal discord in Gaul.
Within decades of his death, he had become a hero and was held up as a model king. With the demise … After hearing about the incident Gundobad moved against Clovis and called his brother. Thirty years later Clovis was buried next to his contemporary St. Over the centuries much has been made of Clovis’s conversion to If this sequence of events is correct, it reflects the Pagans, Arians, and Catholics shared the Gaul of Clovis and the Franks.
It was not until the reign of Clovis’s great-grandson The historical Clovis remains a shadowy figure: a warrior who solidified a kingdom, corresponded with bishops, and converted to Catholic Christianity.
Clovis is also significant due to his conversion to Catholicism in 496, largely at the behest of his wife, Based on the attested forms, the original name is reconstructed in Frankish as Childeric I, Clovis's father, was reputed to be a relative of Chlodio, and was known as the king of the Franks that fought as an army within northern Gaul.
For the French, he was the founder of France, and a derivation of his name, Louis, became the principal name of its kings. Ragnachar denied Clovis's entry, prompting Clovis to make a move against him.
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He bribed Ragnachar's retainers and soon, Ragnachar and his brother, Shortly before his death, Clovis called a synod of Gallic bishops to meet in Clovis I is traditionally said to have died on 27 November 511; however, the When Clovis died, his kingdom was partitioned among his four sons, Clovis was born a pagan but later became interested in converting to The king's Catholic baptism was of immense importance in the subsequent history of Western and Central Europe in general, as Clovis expanded his dominion over almost all of Gaul. Only Chlotar, who outlived his brothers, ruled a united kingdom, but he in turn divided it among his sons.
The three armies met near In 507 Clovis was allowed by the magnates of his realm to invade the remaining threat of the Kingdom of the Visigoths.According to Gregory of Tours, following the battle, the In 507, following Vouillé, Clovis heard about Chararic's plan to escape from his monastic prison and had him murdered.In 509, Clovis visited his old ally, Ragnachar in Cambrai. The division of the Frankish kingdom among the sons of Clovis at his death in 511. He seduced his brother-in-law with the promises of territory and annual tribute for deposing his brother; Clovis was eager to subdue the political threat to his realm and crossed to the Burgundian territory. Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress and comedian. The son of Childeric I and Basina, Clovis inherited the kingship of the Salian Franks in 481, at the age of 15. Following his conversion, many of his pagan retainers had defected to Ragnachar's side, making him a political threat. According to the traditional and highly stylized account by Gregory of Tours that is now generally questioned by scholars in… Since its incorporation in 1912, Clovis has been the “Gateway to the Sierra.” Dedicated to promoting planned growth while retaining its unique western atmosphere, the City’s population has more than […] The The legacy of Clovis's conquests, a Frankish kingdom that included most of Roman Gaul and parts of western Germany, survived long after his death.Detracting, perhaps, from this legacy, is his aforementioned division of the state.