King of Cologne CLOVIS b. 465 Rheims,Marne,Loire-Atlantique,France d. Church Of Saint,France: Yancey Kin

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Birth 465 Rheims,Marne,Loire-Atlantique,France

Gender Male

Died Church Of Saint,France

Person ID I03049 Wanda's Gedcom

Father King Childeric DE FRANCE, I, b. 436, Westphalia, Germany , d. 481, Tournai, Belgium

Mother Basina DE THURINGIA, b. Abt 438, Thuringia, Germany , d. 470

Family ID F02546 Group Sheet

Family 1 Princess Clothilda DE BURGUNDY, b. Abt 530

Children

	1. I THEODORIC
	2. CLODOMIR
	3. CHLODOSWINTHA, d. 449
>	4. King of Cologne CHILDEBERT, b. 485
>	5. King of Franks CLOTAIRE, I, b. 550, Rheims,Marne,France , d. 561, Braines,,France

Family ID F01039 Group Sheet

Family 2 ILDEGONDE, b. 399, d. 450

Family ID F01742 Group Sheet

Notes	Frankish "kings" were more of local tribal chieftains. From www.infoplease.com: The son of Childeric I and founder of the Merovingian monarchy. Originally little more than a tribal chieftain, he became sole leader of the Salian Franks by force of perseverance and by murdering a number of relatives. In 486 he defeated the Roman legions under Syagrius at Soissons, virtually ending Roman domination over Gaul. He then subdued the Thuringians. After his marriage (493) to the Burgundian princess Clotilda, a Catholic, he had his children baptized but was not immediately converted himself. He is said to have invoked the Christian God while locked in battle with the Alemanni in the late 490s. He defeated them and two years later converted, having been persuaded by Clotilda and St. Remi (also known as Remigius), bishop of Reims, who baptized him, reputedly along with 3,000 supporters. Thereafter Clovis was the champion of orthodox Christianity against the Arian heretics, the Burgundians, and the Visigoths. He attacked the Burgundians (500) at Dijon and the Visigoths (507) under Alaric II at Vouillé. When he died, he was master of most of Gaul—except Burgundy, Gascony, Provence, and Septimania—and of SW Germany. Shortly before his death he probably had the Salian Law revised and put into writing. Clovis united all Franks under his rule, gained the support of the Gallic clergy, made Paris his base of operations, and extended his conquests into Germany. He thus laid the foundation, which even 400 years of chaos and misrule could not destroy, of the French monarchy and foreshadowed the conquests of Charlemagne. He was succeeded by his four sons, Theodoric I, Clodomir, Childebert I, and Clotaire I. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p288.htm#i7672 Also called Clodion "the Hairy" Crinitus or Hairy, for the Kings of the Franks kept long hair and this was equated with royal power. Clovis, King of the Franks also went by the name of Clodion "le Chevelu". He was born circa 398. He was the son of Theodemer, King of the Franks and Blesinde des Francs.3 Clovis, King of the Franks married Ildegonde, daughter of Marcomir, King of Cologne and Ildegonde of the Lombards, before 418. King of the Franks at Cologne, Francia Rhinensis, Frankish Kingdoms, before 448. Clovis, King of the Franks died in 448.