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Clovis I — King of the Franks from 481 to 511, the first to unite them and to convert
Heir at fifteen to one Frankish kingdom among others, he eliminated his rivals one by one and reigned over nearly all Gaul. His conversion to Catholicism made fusion with the Gallo-Romans possible — and made him, thirteen centuries later, the first king of a France that did not yet exist. (Editorial synthesis)
Clovis I was born around 466 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Clovis I died on 27 November 511 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Clovis I died in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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