Childeric I

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Childeric I
Copy of the signet ring of Childeric (original stolen in 1831). Inscription CHILDIRICI REGIS ("of king Childeric").[1] The original was found in his tomb at Tournai (Monnaie de Paris).
King of the Salian Franks
Reign	c. 457–481
Predecessor	Merovech
Successor	Clovis I
Died	c. 481[2] Tournai (present-day Belgium)
Burial	Tournai (present-day Belgium)
Spouse	Basina of Thuringia
Issue	Clovis I Audofleda Lanthilde Albofledis
Dynasty	Merovingian
Father	Merovech

Childeric I^[a] (/ˈkɪldərɪk/; French: Childéric; Latin: Flavius Childericus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hildirīk;^[4] died 481 AD) was a Frankish leader in the northern part of imperial Roman Gaul and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, described as a king (Latin rex), both on his Roman-style seal ring, which was buried with him, and in fragmentary later records of his life. He was father of Clovis I, who acquired effective control over all or most Frankish kingdoms, and a significant part of Roman Gaul.^[5]

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