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Clovis I leading the Franks to victory in the Battle of Tolbiac, in Ary Scheffer's 1836 painting. In 496, the Alamanni invaded and some Salians and Ripuarians reguli (kings) defected to their side. Clovis met his enemies near the strong fort of Tolbiac. During the fighting, the Franks suffered heavy losses.
At the Battle of Tolbiac in 496 CE the Alamanni suffered a severe defeat at the hands of Clovis. As a consequence, some of the Alamanni appear to have come under the protection of the Merovingians . From Theodoric's letter it may be assumed that these Alamanni subsequently broke their treaty with Clovis and for that reason they were persecuted ...
The Franco-Visigothic Wars were a series of wars between the Franks and the Visigoths, but it also involved the Burgundians, the Ostrogoths and the Romans.The most noteworthy war of the conflict would be the Second Franco-Visigothic War that included the famous Battle of Vouillé and resulted in Frankish annexation of most of Southern France.
Son of Clovis I and Clotilde: Guntheuc, 510s: 3 sons 524 Aged 28/29 Vézeronce: Resided in Orleans, conquered Burgundy Childebert I [1] 27 November 511 – 13 December 558 c. 496 Reims Son of Clovis I and Clotilde: Ultragotha, 510s: 2 daughters 13 December 558 Aged 61/62 Paris: Resided in Paris: Chlothar I [1] 27 November 511 – 29 November ...
Clovis converted to Christianity and put himself on good terms with the powerful Church and with his Gallo-Roman subjects. In a thirty-year reign (481–511) Clovis defeated the Roman general Syagrius and conquered the Kingdom of Soissons , defeated the Alemanni ( Battle of Tolbiac in 496) and established Frankish hegemony over them.
Even before he embraced Christianity, Clovis had showered benefits upon Remigius and the Christians of Reims, and after his victory over the Alamanni in the battle of Tolbiac at around 497 AD, he requested Remigius to baptize him at Reims (December 25, 496) in the presence of a large company of Franks and Alamanni; according to Gregory of Tours ...
King Clovis I leading the Franks to victory, by Ary Scheffer (1881) Battle of Tolbiac (496). Year 496 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paulus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1249 Ab urbe condita).
Clovis I, the King of the Franks, was baptised there in about 496 A.D. by Saint Remigius (also known as Saint Remi). This was the event that inspired the long tradition of royal coronations at Reims. This was the event that inspired the long tradition of royal coronations at Reims.