{"id":273,"date":"2022-05-22T13:24:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T04:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2022-05-22T13:45:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T04:45:36","slug":"famous-french-historical-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/?p=273","title":{"rendered":"Famous French historical figures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Read in French while discovering the history of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clovis (ou Clovis 1er<\/sup>), roi des Francs (466-511)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

English below<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clovis,
Clovis 1er<\/sup>
Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Au d\u00e9but du Ve<\/sup> si\u00e8cle, divers peuples barbares traversent le Rhin et envahissent des territoires de l\u2019Empire romain d\u2019Occident, qui dispara\u00eet en 476. Ces tribus forment alors des royaumes ind\u00e9pendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 481, Clovis succ\u00e8de \u00e0 son p\u00e8re Child\u00e9ric Ier<\/sup>, roi des Francs saliens de Tournai (Belgique).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clovis r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 unir les Francs et \u00e0 imposer son autorit\u00e9. Devenu roi des Francs, il commence \u00e0 \u00e9tendre le royaume franc. En 486, apr\u00e8s sa victoire contre le Gallo-Romain Syagrius, il conquiert le nord de la Gaule romaine et notamment sa capitale, Soissons. C’est \u00e0 ce moment qu’a lieu l’\u00e9pisode du vase de Soissons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le vase de Soissons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Suite \u00e0 la prise de la ville de Soissons, le butin doit \u00eatre partag\u00e9 entre les guerriers. L’un d’entre eux casse un vase avec sa hache alors que Clovis voulait le rendre \u00e0 l’\u00e9v\u00eaque de l’\u00e9glise d’o\u00f9 venait le vase. Un an plus tard, Clovis tue ce guerrier avec sa hache en disant : \u00ab ainsi as-tu trait\u00e9 le vase de Soissons \u00bb. L’histoire est connue par les chroniques de l’\u00e9poque mais il est difficile d’en v\u00e9rifier la v\u00e9racit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le bapt\u00eame de Clovis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Clovis continue d’agrandir son royaume. L’Aquitaine est alors aux mains des puissants Wisigoths. Au sud-est se trouve le royaume Burgonde et \u00e0 l’est, celui des Alamans. Il noue des alliances avec certains rivaux et notamment avec les Burgondes. En 493, il \u00e9pouse Clotilde, une princesse chr\u00e9tienne, fille du roi des Burgondes Chilp\u00e9ric II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 496, Clovis et ses troupes affrontent les Alamans \u00e0 la bataille de Tolbiac, dans la r\u00e9gion de Cologne (Allemagne).  sur le point d’\u00eatre vaincu, Clovis prie alors le Christ et lui promet de se convertir si \u00ab J\u00e9sus que sa femme Clotilde proclame fils de Dieu vivant \u00bb lui accorde la victoire. Clovis se convertit au christianisme dans les ann\u00e9es qui suivent. Apr\u00e8s avoir vaincu les Alamans, il remporte des victoires contre les Burgondes et les Wisigoths, il fonde un vaste royaume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Frankish
Les conqu\u00eates franques en Gaule (486 – 511)
Romain0, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Clovis est le premier roi de la dynastie des rois m\u00e9rovingiens. \u00c0 sa mort, en 511, et comme le veut la coutume franque, le royaume franc est partag\u00e9 entre ses fils : Clotaire Ier<\/sup>, Thierry Ier<\/sup>, Childebert Ier<\/sup> et Clodomir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clovis est l\u2019un des personnages les plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres de l\u2019histoire de France. Son nom est \u00e9galement devenu un pr\u00e9nom masculin assez populaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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English translation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Clovis (or Clovis I), king of the Franks (466-511)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of the 5th century, various barbarian peoples crossed the Rhine and invaded territories of the Western Roman Empire, which disappeared in 476. These tribes then formed independent kingdoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 481, Clovis succeeded his father Child\u00e9ric I, king of the Salian Franks of Tournai (Belgium).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clovis succeeded in uniting the Franks and imposing his authority. As king of the Franks, he began to expand the Frankish kingdom. In 486, after his victory against the Gallo-Roman Syagrius, he conquered the north of Roman Gaul, including its capital, Soissons. It is at this time that the episode of the vase of Soissons takes place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vase of Soissons<\/strong>
Following the capture of the city of Soissons, the booty must be shared between the warriors. One of them breaks a vase with his axe while Clovis wanted to return it to the bishop of the church where the vase came from. A year later, Clovis kills this warrior with his axe, saying: “Thus you treated the vase of Soissons”. The story is known by the chronicles of the time but it is difficult to verify its veracity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The baptism of Clovis<\/strong>
Clovis continued to expand his kingdom. Aquitaine was then in the hands of the powerful Visigoths. To the southeast was the Burgundian kingdom and to the east, that of the Alemanni. He formed alliances with some of his rivals, notably the Burgundians. In 493, he married Clotilde, a Christian princess, daughter of the Burgundian king Chilperic II.
In 496, Clovis and his troops faced the Alemanni at the battle of Tolbiac, in the region of Cologne (Germany). On the verge of defeat, Clovis prayed to Christ and promised to convert if “Jesus, whom his wife Clotilde proclaimed to be the son of the living God,” granted him victory. Clovis converted to Christianity in the following years. After defeating the Alamanni, he won victories against the Burgundians and the Visigoths, and founded a vast kingdom to which the Gallo-Romans and the Franks united.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clovis was the first king of the Merovingian dynasty. At his death, and as per Frankish custom, the Frankish kingdom was divided among his sons: Clotaire I, Thierry I, Childebert I and Clodomir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clovis is one of the most famous characters in French history. His name has also become a popular male first name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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