Salian Franks

State · 358–509 CE · at its largest around 500 CE

Frankish group settled in the lower Rhine region and present-day Belgium, whose leader Clovis I united the Franks and founded the Merovingian kingdom.

On its lands while it lasted

• Trier (16 BCE – 1618 CE): Capital of Electorate of Trier (1333–1618).
• Clovis I (c. 466 CE – 511 CE): King who united the Franks, converted to Catholic Christianity and made Paris his capital.
• Soissons (c. 476 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Soissons (476–486), Kingdom of Neustria (724–731).
• Tournai (c. 481 CE): Capital of Kingdom of the Franks (481–508).
• Canterbury (c. 490 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Kent (490–762).

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