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The start is a convention. 481 is Clovis's accession as king of the Salian Franks; by 507 he had extended Frankish power into Aquitaine.
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The Frankish realm in Gaul ruled by Clovis I and his descendants. Clovis took the Salian throne in 481 and pushed the Visigoths out of most of Aquitaine in 507. The mayors of the palace held real power by 751, when Pippin III deposed the last king.
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Key events
Clovis becomes king of the Salian Franks on the death of his father Childeric, aged about fifteen
Sources
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Clovis is baptised a Catholic at Reims by Bishop Remigius, with thousands of his warriorsDisputed
Gregory of Tours places the baptism after the war with the Alemanni, traditionally dated 496. The historian Roger Collins argues for about 486.
Sources
- Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, Book II (baptism at Reims by Bishop Remigius, with more than three thousand soldiers), Fordham University Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
- World History Encyclopedia. "Clovis I" (baptism by the bishop of Reims; Gregory of Tours places it after the Alemanni victory, around 496; Roger Collins argues for about 486).
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Clovis defeats the Visigothic king Alaric II at Vouillé near Poitiers and extends Frankish power into Aquitaine
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Clovis dies and his kingdom is divided equally among his four sonsDisputed
Some historians date Clovis's death to 513.
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Charles Martel, mayor of the palace, leads a Frankish army against an Umayyad force between Tours and PoitiersDisputed
The exact date and place of the battle are uncertain; the sources agree only on early October 732 and a site in the Tours-Poitiers region.
Sources
- World History Encyclopedia. "The Legacy of Charles Martel & the Battle of Tours" (the battle fought over about a week in early October 732, between Tours and Poitiers, against an Umayyad army).
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Battle of Tours" (Charles Martel, mayor of the palace and de facto ruler of the Frankish kingdoms, defeats Muslim forces from Spain in October 732 between Tours and Poitiers).
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Pippin III, mayor of the palace, deposes the last Merovingian king, Childeric III, and is made king himself
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