Thanks for the A2A. Both Clovis and Charlemagne were franks and the rulers of the frankish kingdom in which they had settled in the lands of Gaul, former roman province. read more
This conversion increased the relationship between the frankish kingdom and the pope in Rome which they would later known as the eldest daughter of the church. King Clovis I was a merovigian but his dynasty were later replaced by the carolingians under Charles Martel due to lost of power and army from their supporters. read more
Clovis's descendants continued the expansion of this kingdom, and by the 8th century the Merovingian kingdom included much of modern day France and Germany. There was a critical difference, however, between the kingdom built by the Frankish family of Clovis and the just-collapsed Roman Empire. read more
These three men were the rulers of France ruing the medieval ages. Charles Martel was the grandfather of Charlemagne. Clovis was the first king of the Franks. Clovis established a kingdom in the area of what had been Gaul after the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire. His kingdom is dated about 466 AD. read more