POLITICIAN

Chlothar I

498 - 561

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Chlothar I, sometime called "the Old" (French: le Vieux), (died c. December 561) also anglicised as Clotaire, was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I. With his eldest brother Theuderic (c. 485 – 533/34) being the son of Clovis I and his first wife, Chlothar followed his two elder brothers Chlodomer (495–524) and Childebert I (496–558) as third surviving son of Clovis I and his second wife Queen Clotilde, lastly followed by their sister Clotilde (500–531). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chlothar I has received more than 502,191 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Chlothar I is the 835th most popular politician (down from 776th in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from France (down from 299th in 2019) and the 79th most popular French Politician.

Chlothar I is most famous for his son, Charlemagne.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chlothar I ranks 835 out of 19,576. Before him are Ilham Aliyev, Constantine II, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Nikephoros I, Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, and Childeric III. After him are Raymond Poincaré, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Alfonso XII of Spain, Hezekiah, Cassander, and Halimah Yacob.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 498, Chlothar I ranks 1. After him are Anjang of Goguryeo, and Kevin of Glendalough. Among people deceased in 561, Chlothar I ranks 2. Before him is Pope Pelagius I.

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In France

Among people born in France, Chlothar I ranks 311 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), René Goscinny (1926), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), and Constantine II (316). After him are Raymond Poincaré (1860), Claude Lorrain (1600), Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Georges Clemenceau (1841), and Jean Gabin (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Chlothar I ranks 79. Before him are Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Louis, Grand Dauphin (1661), John I of France (1316), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748), and Constantine II (316). After him are Raymond Poincaré (1860), Georges Clemenceau (1841), Diane de Poitiers (1499), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Anne of Brittany (1477), and Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275).

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