11) Merovin'gian Dynasty. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The dynasty of Mero vius, a Latin form of Merwig (great warrior). Similarly Louis is Clovis, and Clovis is Clot-wig (noted warrior). 1...
12) Remig'ius (St.). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...is represented as carrying a vessel of holy oil, or in the act of anointing therewith Clovis, who kneels before him. When Clovis presented himself for baptism, Remy...
13) Champs de Mars. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The March meetings held by Clovis and his immediate followers, sometimes as mere pageants for the amusement of the freedmen who came to offer homage to their lord,...
14) Fain'eant. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Les Rois Faineants (the cipher or puppet kings). Clovis II. and his ten successors were the puppet kings of the Palace Mayors. Louis V. (last of the Carlovingian...
15) Clotaire I. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Clotaire I, (klotarī) (KEY) , d. 561, Frankish king, son of Clovis I. On his father's death (511) he and his brothers received equal shares of the Frankish kingdom....
16) Merovingians. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Merovech, chief of the Salian Franks, whose son was Childeric I and whose grandson was Clovis I, the founder of the Frankish monarchy. Merovingian kings followed...
17) Childebert I. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Childebert I, (chilīdbrt) (KEY) , d. 558, Frankish king, son of Clovis I. On his father's death (511) he and his three brothers shared equally in the Frankish kingdom....
18) Portales. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Portales (por-TAL-uhs), city (1990 pop. 10,690), Roosevelt co., E N.Mex., 19 mi/31 km SSW of Clovis, near the Texas state line, in the Llano Estacado; 34°10'N 103°20'W....
19) e. The Frankish Kingdom. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...on the Loire. His tomb was found (1653) at Tournai, the "capital" of the Salians. 2 481-511 Clovis (Chlodovech), son of Childeric, in the service of Julius Nepos...
20) Clotilda, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Clotilda, Saint, (kltilīd) (KEY) , d. 545, Frankish queen. She converted her husband, Clovis I, to Christianity and built with him in Paris the Church of the Apostles...
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