 0466 - 0511 (~ 45 years)
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| Name |
MEROVINGIAN Clovis Hlodowig |
| Birth |
0466 |
Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
27 Nov 0511 |
St Pierre Island, Biel Lake Canton, Switzerland |
| Notes |
- Clovis I, King of the Franks
Chlodovech (Clovis)
alias: Chlodovechus (Latin), Chlodwig (Frankish)
b. 464/7
d. 27 Nov 511 Paris[1]
bur. Basilique des Saints-Apôtres (later Sainte-Geneviève), Paris[2]
Clovis I (c.466 - 27 Nov 511), was King of the Salian Franks. As founder of the Merovingian dynasty, he was the first to rule all Franks and most of Gaul, from 481 until he died in 511.[3][4][3][4][5]
Although pagan, Clovis became the first Catholic ruler of the Franks, and also created the state's first written Salic laws. His dynasty lasted for 200 years.
Parents
Childerich I, King of the Franks (d. 481/1)[6][7]
Basina ______[6]
Concubine
UNKNOWN (Father: _____ of the Franks of the Rhine).[8] Issue: 1[6]
Theoderich I (485 - 533; bur. Metz)[6]
m.1 UNKNOWN or Suavegotta (d. by 566)[9]
m.2 (507/16) Suavegotha of Burgundy (b. 495 or later - d. after 549).
(p. Sigismond, King of Burgundy m.1 Ostrogotha of the Ostrogoths)
Marriage
m. (492) Chrotechildis "Clotilde[6] or Rotilde" of Burgundy (480 - 548 or 548). Issue: 6
(Father: Chilperich, King of Burgundy)
Ingomer (b./d. 493)[6]
Chlodomer (494/5 - 21 Jun 524 Vézeronce)[6][7]
m. (514 or 521) Guntheuca "Gondioque" (Father: _____ King of Burgundy)[6][7]
Childebert (497 -23 Dec 558 Paris)[6][10]
m Ultrogotha (d. after 561; p. unknown)[6]
Chlothachar "Clotaire / Lothar" (501/2 - 30 Dec 561 Soisson; bur. Soissons, basilique Saint-Médard[6]
(dau.) Theodechildis (492/501 - 576). [11]
Chrothieldis "Clotilde" (502/11 - 531)
m. Amalric, King of the Visigoths
(disputed dau) ______[12]
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| Person ID |
I58170 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
MEROVINGIAN Childeric, b. 0436, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 26 Nov 0481, Tournai, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgium (Age ~ 45 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
THÜRINGEN Basina, b. Abt 0438, Thüringen, Germany d. Abt 0470, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age 32 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
0464 |
Meissen,Dresden,,Germany |
| Family ID |
F25947 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
BURGUNDEN Chrotechildis, b. Abt 0480, Lyon, France d. Abt 03 Jun 0545, Monastery of Saint Martin, Tours, France (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 0492 |
| Children |
| | 1. MEROVINGIAN Chlothacher, b. Abt 0497, Rheims, Marne, Loire-Alantique, France d. 29 Nov 0561, Braines, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F25946 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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