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Definition of Clovis I
1. Noun. King of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic 'Louis' (466-511).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clovis I
Literary usage of Clovis I
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of Biographical Reference: Containing Over One Hundred by Lawrence Barnett Phillips (1889)
"531 D. wife of Clovis I., ... Croatian miniature and missal Clovis I., son of
Childeric, king of the Franks (481- painter; 1498-1578 CBT 511); ..."
2. The German Theatre by Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, August von Kotzebue, Joseph Marius Babo, August Wilhelm Iffland, Friedrich Schiller, Karl Reitzenstein, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1806)
"Clovis, I will be answerable for his safety.. Clo. That will I myself.—Come with me.
... Noble Clovis, I thank you for your hospitality.—(To Clod. ..."
3. Cassell's New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Memoirs of the Most by Cassell Publishing Company, Cassell publishing company, pub (1893)
"1578), miniature painter, went to Italy and lived in the household of Cardinal
Farnese, for whom he executed a beautifully illuminated missal. Clovis I. (*. ..."
4. The Drama; Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization: Its by Alfred Bates, James Penny Boyd, John Porter Lamberton, Athenian Society (London, England) (1903)
"Noble Clovis, I thank you for your hospitality. (To Clodomir. ... For ten years,
Clovis, I have warned you to speak more temperately—yet you cannot. ..."
5. Johannis Capgrave Liber de Illustribus Henricis by John Capgrave (1858)
"ГУ., King of France, succeeds his father Thiery III.. 149. Clovis I., King of
France, succeeds his father Childeric ..."
6. The Book of the Illustrious Henries by John Capgrave (1858)
"On the death of Clovis I., in the year 511,the kingdom was divided into four,—Thierry
I. reigning in Metz, Clodomir in Orleans, Chil- debert I . in Paris, ..."
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