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of the Children of Clovis. 1868. Oil on panel. M. Knoedler &
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Clovis I (465-511), king of the Franks. In
481 he succeeded his father, Childeric I, as king of the Salian Franks.
In 486 he overthrew the last Roman governor in Gaul and took control
of the whole country. In 493 he married St. Clotilda of Burgundy, through
whom he was converted to Christianity in 496. Thanks to continuous conquests
of the neighbouring lands he enlarged his kingdom and made his capital
in Paris. After his death the Frankish kingdom was divided among his four
sons.
