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Clovis I, king of the Franks
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Clovis I
King of the Franks from 481 to 511
Clovis 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Franks
Germanic people from the Lower Rhine
The Franks were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which was the most northerly province of the Roman Empire in continental Europe. These Frankish tribes lived for centuries under varying degrees of Roman…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)