centuries. Clovis is important in the historiography of France as "the first king of what would become France." Clovis succeeded his father, Childeric I, as...

Franks, mentions several siblings of Clovis within his narrative, apparently thus children of Childeric: Clovis I (died 511), whose mother was Basina....

up Clovis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clovis may refer to: Clovis (given name), the early medieval (Frankish) form of the name Louis Clovis I (c...

killed at the instigation of Clovis Chlodoric the Parricide (died c. 509), son of Sigobert, killed by Clovis Clovis I united all the Frankish petty kingdoms...

dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I. With his eldest brother Theuderic (c. 485 – 533/34) being the son of Clovis I and his first wife, Chlothar followed...

Childebert I (c. 496 – 13 December 558) was a Frankish King of the Merovingian dynasty, as third of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of...

locality No. 1 near Clovis, New Mexico, where stone tools were found alongside the remains of Columbian mammoths in 1929. Clovis sites have been found...

his son Clovis being called "King of the Franks" in the Gallo-Roman military, even before having any Frankish territorial kingdom. Once Clovis defeated...

and Burgundy Clovis III (reigned 675–676), the king of Austrasia Clovis IV (682–695), the sole king of the Franks from 691 until 695 Clovis (died 580),...

524) was the second of the four sons of Clovis I, King of the Franks. Clodomir was the eldest son of Clovis and his wife, Clotilde. On the death of his...

of France begins with Clovis, elected as king of France by the tribe of the Franks, who gave their name to France. Before Clovis, we have Gallo-Roman and...

Franks, but in 496 Sigebert suffered a real invasion and called on Clovis for help. Clovis responded favorably to his ally and raised an army. It is generally...

Theuderic I (c. 487 – 534) was the Merovingian king of Metz, Rheims, or Austrasia—as it is variously called—from 511 to 534. He was the son of Clovis I and...

Clovis points are the characteristically fluted projectile points associated with the New World Clovis culture, a prehistoric Paleo-American culture. They...

death in 481 his son Clovis succeeded him. While Childeric had seen no need to overthrow the last Roman foothold in the west, Clovis assembled an army,...

eventually persuaded Clovis to convert to Catholicism, which he initially resisted. Clotilde had wanted her son to be baptized, but Clovis refused, so she...

territory. In 507, Visigothic rule in Gaul was ended by the Franks under Clovis I, who defeated them in the Battle of Vouillé. It is within what is now Spain...

The Battle of Soissons was fought in 486 between Frankish forces under Clovis I and the Gallo-Roman domain of Soissons under Syagrius. The battle was a...

Clovis' conversion, a number of pagans who were unhappy with this turn of events rallied around Ragnachar, who had played an important role in Clovis'...

Clotilde, the Burgundian princess who was wife to Clovis. Even before he embraced Christianity, Clovis had showered benefits upon Remigius and the Christians...

the Merovingian king Clovis I to Nicene Christianity (c. 500), though there were many Frankish Christians before that. After Clovis I, Frankish paganism...

not surrendered to them. Syagrius was sent back to Clovis, who had him executed in 486 or 487. Clovis I ruled the Franks until his death in 511. When he...

no evidence that Clovis was an Arian sympathizer before his marriage and conversion to Catholicism. Clotilde had influence over Clovis and actively encouraged...

part of the Frankish Empire founded by Clovis I (481–511). At the same time, the initial powerbase of Clovis himself was the more Romanized part of northern...

area around Clovis Station where a lumberyard and sawmill were built. Clovis was officially incorporated as a city in 1912. Today, Clovis celebrates its...

481: Clovis I becomes King of the Western Franks upon the death of Childeric I. 482: Territory of modern Ukraine is established in Kiev. 486: Clovis defeats...

near Poitiers (Gaul), around Spring 507 between the Franks, commanded by Clovis, and the Visigoths, commanded by Alaric II. The Franks' victory resulted...

in modern-day France. His supposed descendants, the kings Childeric I and Clovis I, are the first well-attested Merovingians. He may have been one of several...

Clovis II (633 – 657) was King of the Franks in Neustria and Burgundy, having succeeded his father Dagobert I in 639. His brother Sigebert III had been...

are: Clovis I (466–511) Childebert I (496–558) Aregund (515/520–580) Fredegund (third wife of Chilperic I), (died 597) Dagobert I (603–639) Clovis II (634–657)...