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Clovis I

466 - 511

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Clovis (Latin: Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdowig; c. 466 – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Franks under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs. He is considered to have been the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Frankish kingdom for the next two centuries. Clovis is important in the historiography of France as "the first king of what would become France." Clovis succeeded his father, Childeric I, as a king of the Salian Franks in 481, and eventually came to rule an area extending from what is now the southern Netherlands to northern France, corresponding in Roman terms to Gallia Belgica (northern Gaul). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clovis I has received more than 3,298,637 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Clovis I is the 131st most popular politician (down from 114th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Belgium and the 3rd most popular Belgian Politician.

Clovis I is most famous for being the first known Native American culture to use the atlatl, a spear-throwing device.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Clovis I ranks 131 out of 19,576Before him are Louis XIII of France, Theodosius I, Cyrus the Great, Philip II of Macedon, Hermann Göring, and Philip IV of France. After him are Murad I, John Major, Herod the Great, Isabella I of Castile, Murad II, and Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 466, Clovis I ranks 1After him is Emperor Ankan. Among people deceased in 511, Clovis I ranks 1

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Clovis I ranks 3 out of 1,190Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500), and Pepin the Short (715). After him are Charles Martel (688), Audrey Hepburn (1929), Jan van Eyck (1395), René Magritte (1898), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Gerardus Mercator (1512), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), Andreas Vesalius (1514), and Anthony van Dyck (1599).

Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Clovis I ranks 3Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500), and Pepin the Short (715). After him are Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Leopold III of Belgium (1901), Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Philip I of Castile (1478), Albert II of Belgium (1934), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Albert I of Belgium (1875), Samo (600), and Baudouin of Belgium (1930).