Editing Childeric I (section)

{{short description|Frankish king}}
{{Uncited categories|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Childeric I
| title        = 
| image        = CHILDERICI REGIS.jpg
| caption      = Copy of the [[signet ring]] of Childeric (original stolen in 1831). Inscription CHILDIRICI REGIS ("of king Childeric").<ref>G. Salaün, A. McGregor & P. Périn (2008), "Empreintes inédites de l'anneau sigillaire de Childéric Ier : état des connaissances", ''Antiquités Nationales'', 39, pp. 217–224 (esp. 218).</ref> The original was found in his tomb at [[Tournai]] ([[Monnaie de Paris]]).
| succession   = King of the Salian Franks
| reign        = {{circa}} 457–481
| coronation   = 
| predecessor  = [[Merovech]]
| successor    = [[Clovis I]]
| succession1  = 
| reign1       = 
| coronation1  = 
| predecessor1 = 
| successor1   = 
| spouse       = [[Basina of Thuringia]]
| issue        = {{plainlist|
*[[Clovis I]]
*[[Audofleda]]
*[[Lanthilde]]
*[[Albofledis]]}}
| house        = [[Merovingian]]
| house-type   = Dynasty
| father       = [[Merovech]]
| mother       = 
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = {{circa}} 481<ref>The date 481 is arrived at by counting back from the Battle of Tolbiac, which [[Gregory of Tours]] places in the fifteenth year of Clovis's reign.</ref>
| death_place  = [[Tournai]] (present-day [[Belgium]])
| burial_date  = 
| burial_place = [[Tournai]] (present-day Belgium)
| signature    = 
}}

'''Childeric I''' (died 481 AD) was a [[Franks|Frankish]] leader in the northern part of imperial Roman [[Gaul]] and a member of the [[Merovingian dynasty]], described as a king (Latin ''rex''), both on his Roman-style seal ring, which was buried with him, and in fragmentary later records of his life. He was father of [[Clovis I]], who acquired effective control over all or most Frankish kingdoms, and a significant part of Roman Gaul.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Perin |first=Patrick |title=Empreintes inédites de l'annaeau sigillaire de Childéric Ier |url=https://www.academia.edu/7244367 |journal=Antiquités nationales 39, 2008}}</ref>