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Childeric I was a 5th-century Frankish ruler in what is now northern France, during the period when this part of Roman Gaul became permanently disconnected from the central Roman government, and the last emperor based in Italy was dethroned. He is the ancestor of the early medieval Merovingian dynasty, and father of Clovis I, who would go on to acquire effective control over all or most of the sma…
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politics · 5th-century Frankish king · monarch · also Childeric I, Childéric I, Childericus I, I
Born 1 January 0436 · Died 1 January 0481 · Q193869
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James noted that many scholars assumed that the Alamanni mentioned in this passage must in fact be Alans, who had a settlement in the Loire region, "on the grounds that Childeric could hardly have been fighting in Italy"
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Died 0481-01-01.
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Career landmark: king of Franks (0458–0481).
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Born 0436-01-01.
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