text: In one legend, this ruler used his axe to crush the head of a soldier a year after the soldier smashed a religious vase with an axe.
full_question: In one legend, this ruler used his axe to crush the head of a soldier a year after the soldier smashed a religious vase with an axe. He was made an honorary consul and patrician by Anastasius after a battle where he killed the king of the Visigoths. This ruler’s founding of a kingdom is chronicled in a history by Gregory of Tours, which details his victory over Syagrius at the Battle of Soissons. This son of Childeric I converted to Catholicism on the advice of his wife, Clotilde. For 10 points, name this Merovingian ruler who was the first king of the unified Franks.
first_sentence: In one legend, this ruler used his axe to crush the head of a soldier a year after the soldier smashed a religious vase with an axe.