IV. The Vow at Tolbiac - 496

Clovis was a smooth a politician as well as a soldiers He married a Burgundian Catholic princess, Clotilde. Hedging his bets for the afterlife, he had their baby baptized on Clotilde's request. Legend holds Clovis declared: "God of Clotilda, give me this battle, and I'll believe in you and have myself baptized". He won. The Catholic church won that day as well. A Burgundian bishop said, of him: "You fight, but victory is ours."