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Clovis was a precocious fifteen year-old who became king of the Salian Franks in 482. He married the daughter of a Burgundian king, whose name was Clotilda, who was a Christian in 491 or 491. Like Constantine at the Battle of the milvian Bridge, Clovis had a particularly difficult battle with an enemy tribe, and he prayed to "Clotilda's God" for Victory. He promised to be baptized if he was victorious, he was and in A.D. 496 (or thereabouts) he was baptized by Bishop Remigius. During the crush of the ceremony it was discovered that there was no Sacred Chrism to anoint the king during baptism. St. Remigius looke dup to heaven to see a dove descending with a vial of Sacred Chrism in his beak. He anointed the king with this and it was used afterward in the coronation of the kings of France for the next milleniuum. The vial was destroyed, deliberately, during the French Revolution, although a few precious drops were recovered to anoint Charles X in 1824. The conversion of the Franks, a result of Clovis' baptism gave birth to the Catholic kingdom of France, and was of enormous importance for the development of a Catholic Europe. extracted from Ten Dates Every Catholic Should Know by Diane Moczar, c 2005 by Diane Moczar, Sophia Institute Press, Manchester, NH 03108
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∙ 15y agoCharlemagne was crowned by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day 800. He became a rival power to the Byzantine emperor, at the time Irene of Athens, and began the transformation of the Frankish kingdoms (around the Lower Rhine) into a vast and wealthy empire.
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∙ 15y agoCharlemagne.
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∙ 13y agoCharlemagne was crowned by Pope Leo III.
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∙ 12y agoCharlemagne.
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Pepin the short was the first king of the Franks who was the first king to do what?
Well, he was the first king of France to become Catholic.
Who was the Catholic king of the franks?
Charlemagne!
Who was the first king of the Franks to conquer large areas?
Clovis was the first king of the Franks to conquer large areas.
Pepin III was the first king of what?
King of the Franks.
Who was king Clovis?
First king of the Franks. He converted to Christianity.
Who was Pepin III first king of?
Franks
Who first ruled the franks?
Clovis
Who was Clovis?
First king of the Franks. He converted to Christianity.
Why did the franks became Catholic?
The Franks converted to Catholicism primarily due to the influence of their king, Clovis I, who converted to Christianity in 496 AD. This conversion helped solidify alliances with neighboring Christian kingdoms and also gave the Franks a sense of religious unity within their growing territory. Additionally, adopting Christianity provided Clovis and the Franks with legitimacy and support from the powerful Christian church.
When Pepin the Short became King by the grace of God this began what?
He was king of the Franks, the first in the Carolingian Dynasty.
What year pepin short become kings of the franks?
Pepin the Short became king of the Franks in the year 751. He was the first Carolingian king and his reign marked the beginning of the Carolingian dynasty.
Who was the most famous of frankish kings?
Charlemage ( Charles the great)and was the son of Pepin the short. Charlemage was one of the sons of the first cristain king. clovis king of the franks.
