POLITICIAN

Childeric I

440 - 481

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Childeric I (; French: Childéric; Latin: Flavius Childericus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hildirīk; died 481 AD) was a Frankish leader in the northern part of imperial Roman Gaul and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, described as a king (Latin rex), both on his Roman-style seal ring, which was buried with him, and in fragmentary later records of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Childeric I has received more than 839,588 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Childeric I is the 898th most popular politician (down from 778th in 2019).

Childeric I was the son of Merovech, who was the son of Clovis I. Childeric I was the last ruler of the Merovingian dynasty. He was famous for being the first king to be buried in a church.

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Among politicians, Childeric I ranks 898 out of 19,576Before him are Sebastian of Portugal, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Mahfiruz Hatun, János Kádár, Sukjong of Joseon, and Cleopatra II of Egypt. After him are Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Kurt von Schleicher, Louis VI of France, Friedrich Ratzel, Charles XV of Sweden, and Xiang Yu.

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Among people born in 440, Childeric I ranks 2Before him is Pope Felix III. After him are Euric, Vakhtang I of Iberia, Ammonius Hermiae, Emperor Wu of Southern Qi, Shushanik, and Philoxenus of Mabbug. Among people deceased in 481, Childeric I ranks 1After him is Theodoric Strabo.

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