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Merovingian KingdomRegnum Francorum

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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

  1. Clovis becomes king of the Salian Franks on the death of his father Childeric, aged about fifteen
  2. Clovis is baptised a Catholic at Reims by Bishop Remigius, with thousands of his warriorsDisputed
  3. Clovis defeats the Visigothic king Alaric II at Vouillé near Poitiers and extends Frankish power into Aquitaine
  4. Clovis dies and his kingdom is divided equally among his four sonsDisputed
  5. Charles Martel, mayor of the palace, leads a Frankish army against an Umayyad force between Tours and PoitiersDisputed
  6. Pippin III, mayor of the palace, deposes the last Merovingian king, Childeric III, and is made king himself