Childeric I
Frankish king
7 dated entries naming Childeric I, drawn from 6 separate years between 437 CE and 481 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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5th century
- 437Childeric I, king of the Salian Franks (approximate date)source
- 458Childeric I succeeds his father Merovech as king of the Salian Franks. He establishes his capital at Tournai (modern Belgium) and becomes a foederatus (pl. foederati) of the Western Roman Empire.source
- 463In the Gothic war against Aegidius, Childeric I, king of the Salian Franks, allies with the Roman general Aegidius. This war is ended by the battle near Orléans, where the Visigoths under King Theodoric II are defeated by the Franks, while crossing the Loire River.source
- 469The Vatican makes a pact with the Salian Frankish king Childeric I, agreeing to call him "the new Constantine" on condition that he accept conversion to Christianity.source
- 470Revolt of Euric: Roman forces under Paulus and Childeric I stop the Aquitanian Goths at Bourges and briefly recaptured Tours in 470. All the loot they had stolen fell into the hands of Paul.source
- 481King Childeric I dies at Tournai after a 24-year reign. He is succeeded by his 15-year-old son Clovis, who becomes ruler of the Salian Franks in the province Gallia Belgica (modern Belgium) until his death in 511.source
- 481Childeric I, king of the Salian Franks (or 482)source
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- Salian Franks (6)
- Visigoths (2)
- Belgium (2)
- Tournai (2)
- Roman Empire (1)
- Franks (1)
- Orléans (1)
- Theodoric II (1)
- Christianity (1)
- Constantine the Great (1)
- Vatican City (1)
- Clovis I (1)