The Frankish king Clovis I (465-511) founded the Merovingian kingdom of Gaul, the most successful of the barbarian states of the 5th century. He is widely regarded as the originator of the French nation. The son of Childeric I and Basina, Clovis...

(ca. 466–511). The most important of the Merovingian kings, Clovis I was the unifier of the Franks, the conqueror of most of Gaul, and the real founder of the kingdom of the Franks under Merovingian rule. He was also the first Christian king of...

c. 466-511 Frankish king who was the first ruler to succeed in building a stable nation after the fall of the Roman Empire. A Germanic barbarian who converted to Christianity, he treated his conquering Franks and the conquered Gallo-Romans as equals,...

Clovis I (c. 466 – 27 November 511) was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler. He succeeded his father Childeric I in 481[1] as King of the Salian Franks, one of the Frankish tribes who were then occupying...