# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/childeric-i
# Generated: 2026-09-01T21:15:49.374Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/childeric-i"
name: "Childeric I"
slug: "childeric-i"
description: "A Frankish warlord who straddled two worlds — leading his warriors under Roman command while carrying a seal ring that called him king. He died in 481 holding together just enough power to launch his son toward an empire."
tagline: "Frankish king"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CHILDERICI_REGIS.jpg"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "436"
deathDate: "481"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Childeric commanded Frankish forces in the fracturing northern edge of Roman Gaul, serving first under Emperor Majorian and then, after Majorian's fall, under the Gallo-Roman general Aegidius. His seal ring, buried with him when he died in 481, bore the Roman style but claimed a royal title — a snapshot of the ambiguity he lived in. He was not yet a conqueror, but he held the territory and loyalty that mattered. His son Clovis inherited that foundation and turned it into control over the Frankish kingdoms and much of Gaul, making Childeric the hinge figure of the Merovingian line.