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Chlodio

393 - 448

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Chlodio (probably died after 450), also Clodio, Clodius, Clodion, Cloio or Chlogio, was a Frankish king who attacked and then apparently ruled Roman-inhabited lands around Cambrai and Tournai, near the modern border of Belgium and France. He is known from very few records. His influence probably reached as far south as the River Somme. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chlodio has received more than 450,052 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Chlodio is the 1,396th most popular politician (down from 1,319th in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 367th in 2019) and the 106th most popular German Politician.

Chlodio is most famous for being the first king of the Franks. He was the son of Merovech, the grandson of Clodius, and the father of Childeric I.

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chlodio ranks 1,396 out of 19,576. Before him are Ezer Weizman, Nuon Chea, Psamtik I, Abel, King of Denmark, Aristide Briand, and Stjepan Mesić. After him are Isabella Clara Eugenia, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Yang Guifei, Lü Buwei, Elisa Bonaparte, and Jeongjong of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 393, Chlodio ranks 2. Before him is Theodoric I. After him is Theodoret. Among people deceased in 448, Chlodio ranks 1. After him are Rechila, Germanus of Auxerre, and Artaxias IV.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Chlodio ranks 373 out of 7,253. Before him are Joachim Gauck (1940), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), and Hans Lippershey (1570). After him are Peter Behrens (1868), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Joachim Löw (1960), Otto Lilienthal (1848), Caroline Herschel (1750), and Werner Herzog (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Chlodio ranks 106. Before him are Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Ernst Thälmann (1886), and Joachim Gauck (1940). After him are Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Leo von Caprivi (1831), Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Hans Luther (1879), Louise Mountbatten (1889), and Robert Ley (1890).

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