Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Clovis I

Battles of Clovis I

first king of the Franks (c. 466-511)

Clovis I is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 486 and AD 507: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in France (3), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,389 km apart end to end, 463 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Franco-Visigothic Wars (2).

Battle of SoissonsBattle of TolbiacBattle of VouilleSiege of ArlesBattle of SoissonsBattle of TolbiacBattle of VouilleSiege of ArlesGenevaMilanFrankfurtBrusselsMunichZürichLyonFlorenceMarseilleBilbao500 km47.176N, 3.467E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 486: 1 engagementsAD 496: 1 engagementsAD 507: 2 engagements2 in AD 507AD 486AD 507
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Soissons, AD 486Battle of Tolbiac, AD 496Battle of Vouille, AD 507Siege of Arles, AD 507AD 486AD 507
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 486Battle of SoissonsSoissons, FranceFrankish victory; Fall of the Kingdom of Soissons
AD 496Battle of TolbiacCologne, Germany275 km NEFrankish victory; End of Alamannic autonomy
AD 507Battle of VouilleVouillé, France647 km SWFrankish victory
AD 507Siege of ArlesArles, France467 km SEGothic victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Jean Du Tillet http://mandragore.bnf.fr/, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.