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.
بعدما سيطر كلوڤيس على مقاطعة الفرنكيين الراينيين الى الشرق ،‏ اتّخذ پاريس عاصمة له .‏