What was the first king of the franks to convert to Christianity?

Answer 1

Clovis I (ruled 481-511), converted to Christianity at the instigation of his wife Clotilde. He established a regime that ruled much of France by the time of his death, and is considered to be the founder of the Merovingian dynasty which ruled the Franks for the next two hundred years.

Answer 2

A:On Christmas Day 800, the Frankish leader Charlemagne was crowned in Rome by the Pope with the title of Holy Roman Emperor. It was intended by the addition of the word 'holy' to forge a definitive link between the papacy and Charlemagne's empire.

In a series of wars, Charlemagne secured a vast territory from the Pyrenees to the Danube and enforced Christianity on Saxons, Lombards, Croats and even the Moors in Spain, both by force of arms and by legislation. The year 782 marked one of the worst horrors of Charlemagne's reign, the reputed beheading of forty-five hundred Saxons who resisted the campaign of forced conversion to Christianity. Kathleen Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, said, "Charlemagne converted whole tribes by the sword."

It might be said that by conquest and coercion Charlemagne brought the people to Christianity, rather than the other way around. Charlemagne's own conversion was only as complete as was convenient for him - in spite of his zealous Christianising, Charlemagne had two wives and several concubines.

Answer 3

The first king of the Franks to convert to Roman Catholocism was Clovis. Clovis was the first king of the Franks, but his parents and grandparents were Chrsitians. The Frankish tribal leaders were Christians long before one of them became a king.

Answer 4

Clovis was the leader who brought Christianity to the Franks.

Answer 5

Clovis is said to have done so.