Clovis or Clovis I (ca. 466-511). King of the Salian Franks from 481 to 509. He was crowned king of all the Franks ca. 509. Son of Childeric I. Following his marriage to Princess Clotilde, a Christian princess daughter of the King of the Burgundians, he converted to Catholicism and was baptised in Rheims, according to tradition, by Saint Remigius on 25 December 496. Baptism of Clovis. Engraving. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Tomo V. 1855.