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Chlodwig

American  
[kloht-vikh] / ˈkloʊt vɪx /

noun

  1. German name of Clovis I.


Chlodwig British  
/ ˈkloːtvɪç /

noun

  1. the German name for Clovis I

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She lived to see the son of Hilperik, Chlodwig, or, as he was more commonly called, Clovis, marry a Christian wife, Clotilda, and after a time become a Christian.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism by Patten, William

Its history, from the beginning, is well illustrated by a tradition current among the people, concerning the mother of Chlodwig.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

Chlodwig and 3,000 of his followers were soon afterwards baptized in the cathedral at Rheims, by the bishop Remigius.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

Sigbert seems to have inherited the abilities, without the vices, of his grandfather Chlodwig.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

In Gaul Chlodwig assumed and carried on the authority of the Roman Empire;—in Britain it went wholly to the ground.

From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von

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