In the closing years of his life, he strengthened his kingdom by giving it a written legal code, the Lex Salica, and by convening a church council in Orléans to define relations between Church and State.
पूर्वेकडील ऱ्‍हाईन नदीच्या काठावरील फ्रँक लोकांच्या क्षेत्रावर कब्जा मिळवल्यावर क्लोव्हिसने पॅरिसला आपली राजधानी बनवले.