Who was Clovis I?
Q: Who was Clovis I?
A: Clovis I was the first king of the Franks who united that nation. He succeeded his father Childeric I in 481 as King of the Salian Franks, one of two main groups of Frankish tribes.
Q: Where were the Franks occupying at that time?
A: The Franks were occupying an area west of the lower Rhine with their centre around Tournai and Cambrai along the modern frontier between France and Belgium.
Q: What religion did Clovis convert to?
A: Clovis converted to Catholicism, as opposed to Arian Christianity which was common among Germanic peoples, because his wife, the Burgundian Clotilde, was a Catholic.
Q: Where did he get baptized?
A: He was baptized in the Cathedral of Reims.
Q: What is considered to be founded by him?
A: It is considered that he founded both France (which his state closely resembled geographically at his death) and the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Franks for the next two centuries.
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