Clovis I
Clovis I (ana kuma rubutawa daban-daban Chlodowech ko Chlodwig, yana ba da Faransanci na zamani Louis da Ludwig na Jamusanci na zamani ) (c. 466 - Nuwamba 27, 511) shi ne sarki na farko na Franks wanda ya haɗa kan ƙasar. Ya gaji mahaifinsa Childeric I a 481  a matsayin Sarki na Salian Franks, ɗayan manyan rukuni biyu na ƙabilar Frankish,  Suna mamaye yankin yamma da ƙananan Rhine a wancan lokacin, tare da cibiyar su a kusa da Tournai da Cambrai tare da iyakokin zamani tsakanin Faransa da Belgium . Clovis ya cinye ƙabilun Frank na kusa da shi ya kuma kafa kansa sarki kaɗai kafin mutuwarsa.

Clovis ya koma Katolika, saɓanin Kiristancin Arian wanda ya zama ruwan dare tsakanin mutanen Jamusawa, saboda matarsa, Burgundian Clotilde, 'yar Katolika ce. An kuma yi masa baftisma a Cocin Cathedral of Reims . Wannan aikin yana da matuƙar mahimmanci a cikin tarihin Faransa da Yammacin Turai gaba ɗaya, saboda ya faɗaɗa mulkinsa a kusan kusan duk tsohuwar lardin Roman na Gaul (Faransa ta zamani). Ana la'akari da shi a matsayin wanda ya kafa Faransa duka biyu (wanda jiharsa ta yi kama da ta ƙasa sau ɗaya yayin mutuwarsa) da daular Merovingian, waɗanda ke mulkin Franks na ƙarni biyu masu zuwa.

Inda aka haife shi: Tournai (Belgium), Wurin mutuwa : Paris (Faransa).

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