<P> Clovis later defeated the son of Aegidius , Syagrius in 486 or 487 and then had the Frankish king Chararic imprisoned and executed . A few years later , he killed Ragnachar , the Frankish king of Cambrai , and his brothers . By the 490s , he had conquered all the Frankish kingdoms to the west of the River Maas except for the Ripuarian Franks and was in a position to make the city of Paris his capital . He became the first king of all Franks in 509 , after he had conquered Cologne . After conquering the Kingdom of Soissons and expelling the Visigoths from southern Gaul at the Battle of Vouillé , he established Frankish hegemony over most of Gaul , excluding Burgundy , Provence and Brittany , which were eventually absorbed by his successors . </P>
<P> Clovis later defeated the son of Aegidius , Syagrius in 486 or 487 and then had the Frankish king Chararic imprisoned and executed . A few years later , he killed Ragnachar , the Frankish king of Cambrai , and his brothers . By the 490s , he had conquered all the Frankish kingdoms to the west of the River Maas except for the Ripuarian Franks and was in a position to make the city of Paris his capital . He became the first king of all Franks in 509 , after he had conquered Cologne . After conquering the Kingdom of Soissons and expelling the Visigoths from southern Gaul at the Battle of Vouillé , he established Frankish hegemony over most of Gaul , excluding Burgundy , Provence and Brittany , which were eventually absorbed by his successors . </P>
who was the king that unified the franks
who was the king that unified the franks
Clovis
Clovis