Clovis I
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Clovis I was the first Frankish king to unite the Franks, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king, and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his he
Baptism of Clovis, ivory book cover from c. 870
Baptême de Clovis
Frankish territories at the time of Clovis's death in 511
Chlothar I
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Chlothar I, sometime called "the Old", also anglicised as Clotaire from the original French version, was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I.
Clovis I
…Denis Basilica in the mid- to late 18th century. When Clovis died, his kingdom was partitioned among his four sons, Theuderic, Chlodomer, Childebert and Clotaire. This partition created the new political units of the Kingdoms of Rheims, Orléans, Paris and Soissons, and inaugurated a tradition that would lead to…
Radegund is brought before Chlothar
Radegonde's wedding, depiction of her praying, and prostrate in the marital bed
Assassination of Thibaut and Gunthar