Clovis The Great 
Clovis The was born in 0466. Clovis The's father was Childeric and his mother was Basina. His paternal grandparents were Meroveus and Merira (Meira). He was an only child. He died at the age of 45 in 0511.General Notes
The Franks, under Clovis I, defeated the Romans in Gaul. He was converted to Christianity in 496 and formed a strong alliance with the church, making him the most powerful of the Franc kings. That year he also conquered the Alemannis, in what is now Alsace, making the area a Frankish duchy. In 486, clovis I defeated the Romans at Soissons where he established his capital. In 498 he made Reims the spiritual and political center of France. In 507 he drove the Visigoths out of Angouleme and in 508 he captured Paris and made it his capital.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0400 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0419 d.0430
- b.~ 0395 in Westphalia, Germany d.BET 446 AND 455
- d.0419
- d.UNKNOWN
- d.0456
- b.< 0398 in Thuringia, Germany d.UNKNOWN
- d.0481
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.0466 d.0511
- d.UNKNOWN
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They had a son named Theuderic.
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