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Childeric I
Copy of the signet ring of Childeric (original stolen in 1831). Inscription CHILDIRICI REGIS ("of king Childeric").[1] The original was found in his tomb at Tournai (Monnaie de Paris).
King of the Salian Franks
Reign
c. 457–481
Predecessor
Merovech
Successor
Clovis I
Died
c. 481[2] Tournai (present-day Belgium)
Burial
Tournai (present-day Belgium)
Spouse
Basina of Thuringia
Issue
Clovis I
Audofleda
Lanthilde
Albofledis
Dynasty
Merovingian
Father
Merovech
Childeric I[a] (/ˈkɪldərɪk/; French: Childéric; Latin: Flavius Childericus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hildirīk;[4] died 481 AD) was a Frankish leader in the northern part of imperial Roman Gaul and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, described as a king (Latin rex), both on his Roman-style seal ring, which was buried with him, and in fragmentary later records of his life. He was father of Clovis I, who acquired effective control over all or most Frankish kingdoms, and a significant part of Roman Gaul.[5]
^G. Salaün, A. McGregor & P. Périn (2008), "Empreintes inédites de l'anneau sigillaire de Childéric Ier : état des connaissances", Antiquités Nationales, 39, pp. 217–224 (esp. 218).
^The date 481 is arrived at by counting back from the Battle of Tolbiac, which Gregory of Tours places in the fifteenth year of Clovis's reign.
^Cameron 1988, pp. 26–33.
^Alain de Benoist, Dictionnaire des prénoms, d'hier et aujourd'hui, d'ici et d'ailleurs, p. 294, ed. Jean Picollec, 2009.
^Perin, Patrick. "Empreintes inédites de l'annaeau sigillaire de Childéric Ier". Antiquités nationales 39, 2008.
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