Editing Clovis I (section)

===Unifying the Franks===
Following the Battle of Vouillé, Clovis eliminated all his possible rivals, including the other Frankish kings who ruled alongside him.

Sometime after 507, Clovis heard about [[Chararic (Frankish king)|Chararic]]'s plan to escape from his monastic prison and had him murdered.<ref name="Chararic"/> Around the same time, Clovis convinced Prince [[Chlodoric the Parricide|Chlodoric]] to murder his father [[Sigobert the Lame|Sigobert]], earning him his nickname as "Chlodoric the Parricide". Following the murder, Clovis betrayed Chlodoric and had his envoys strike him down.<ref name=Howorth>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ye92FXOHQfUC&dq=Sigobert+the+Lame&pg=PA235 Howorth, H.H., "The Ethnology of Germany", ''The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland'', Volume 13, Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1884, p. 235]</ref> Sometime later, Clovis visited his old ally [[Ragnachar]] in Cambrai. Following his conversion to Christianity in 508, many of Clovis' pagan retainers had defected to Ragnachar's side, making him a political threat.{{sfn|Bachrach|1972|p=9}} Ragnachar denied Clovis's entry, prompting Clovis to make a move against him. He bribed Ragnachar's retainers and executed him alongside his brother Ricchar.{{sfn|Bachrach|1972|p=31}}