![]() ![]() ![]() Gregory of Tours records that Clovis took control of the territory of the Sigebert King of the Franks of the Rhine, after persuading Sigeric's son Chloderic to kill his father and then killing Chloderic, as well as the territory of Chararic King of the Salian Franks. He defeated and killed Alaric II King of the Visigoths at the campus Vogladensis, probably Voulan, near Poitiers, athough this is popularly known as the battle of Vouillé, in 507. He allied with Godegisel against Gondebaud King of Burgundy in. He remained a pagan after his marriage to a Catholic wife, but converted to Christianity in allegedly having vowed to do so if successful in a battle against the Alamans. The Liber Historiæ Francorum records that "Chlodovechus" expanded his kingdom "usque Sequanam" and afterwards "usque Ligere fluvio". He defeated Syagrius, ruler at Soissons, in 486. He succeeded his father in as CLOVIS I King of the Franks. The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "Childerico" as father of "Chlodovecho rege". ![]() Gregory of Tours names Clovis as son of Childerich & Basina. From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Merovingians (covering his birth family): ĬHLODOVECH, son of CHILDERICH I King of the Franks & his wife Basina - (-Paris 511, bur Paris, basilique des Saints-Apôtres ). ![]()
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