State

Franciaf

Frankish Kingdom from 481 to 843

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481–843 CE
Founded
481 CE
Ended
843 CE
Capital
Tournai, Paris, Aachen
Government
early feudal monarchy
Languages
Frankish, Latin
Religion
Catholic Church, Frankish paganism
Preceded by
Germania SecundaWestern Roman Empire
Succeeded by
Carolingian Empire

Overview

The Kingdom of the Franks (Latin: Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom or Francia, was the largest post-Roman kingdom in Western Europe. It was established by the Franks, one of the Germanic peoples. Its founder was King Clovis I who united Frankish tribes and expanded the Frankish realm into Roman Gaul. During the Early Middle Ages, the kingdom was ruled by the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties. In 800, it evolved into the Carolingian Empire, thus becoming the longest lasting Germanic kingdom from the era of Great Migrations.

Originally, the core Frankish territories inside the former Western Roman Empire were located close to the Rhine and Meuse rivers in the north, but Frankish chiefs such as Chlodio expanded their influence within Roman territory as far as the Somme river in the 5th century.

Excerpt from Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

All rulers (34)

  1. Arbogast350–394 CE
  2. Mallobaudes378 CE
  3. Marcomer380–400 CE
  4. Merovech450–458 CE
  5. Childeric I458–481 CE
  6. Clovis I481–511 CE
  7. Charibert II629–632 CE
  8. Chilperic of Aquitaine632–633 CE
  9. Childeric II662–673 CE
  10. Childeric II673–675 CE
  11. Theuderic III673 CE
  12. Theuderic III675–679 CE
  13. Dagobert II676–679 CE
  14. Theuderic III679–691 CE
  15. Clovis IV691–695 CE
  16. Childebert III695–711 CE
  17. Dagobert III711–715 CE
  18. Chilperic II715–719 CE
  19. Chlothar IV717–719 CE
  20. Chilperic II719–721 CE
  21. Theuderic IV721–737 CE
  22. Childeric III743–751 CE
  23. Pepin the Short751–768 CE
  24. Charlemagne768–814 CE
  25. Carloman I768–771 CE
  26. Louis the Pious814–840 CE
  27. Lothair II of Lotharingia855–869 CE
  28. Hugh Capet of France987–996 CE
  29. Robert II of France996–1031 CE
  30. Henry I of France1031–1060
  31. Philip I of France1060–1108
  32. Louis VI of France1108–1137
  33. Philip of France1129–1131
  34. Louis VII of France1137–1180

Records (63)

  1. 486 CE — Battle of SoissonsBattle
  2. 491 CE — Frankish campaign against the ThuringiansCampaign
  3. 494–502 CE — Franco-Visigothic War of 494–502War
  4. 496–498 CE — First Franco-Visigothic WarWar
  5. 496 CE — Battle of ZulpichBattle · Franks ▸ Alemanni
  6. 500–501 CE — Burgundian Civil WarWar
  7. 500 CE — Siege of AvignonSiege
  8. 506 CE — Battle of StrasbourgBattle
  9. 507–508 CE — Siege of ArlesSiege
  10. 507–511 CE — Franco-Gothic WarWar
  11. 507 CE — Battle of VouilleBattle · Franks, Burgundians ▸ Visigoths
  12. 523–524 CE — Burgundy WarWar
  13. 531 CE — Battle of the Unstrut RiverBattle
  14. 535–554 CE — Gothic War of 535–554War
  15. 568–613 CE — Merovingian Brothers' WarWar
  16. 589 CE — Battle of CarcassonneBattle
  17. 599 CE — Battle of DormellesBattle
  18. 604 CE — Battle of ÉtampesBattle
  19. 610 CE — Battle of WangasBattle
  20. 612 CE — Battle of ToulBattle
  21. 631 CE — Battle of WogastisburgBattle
  22. 679 CE — Battle of LucofaoBattle
  23. 687 CE — Battle of TertryBattle · Austrasia ▸ Neustria
  24. 715–719 CE — Frankish Civil WarWar
  25. 716 CE — Battle of AmbleveBattle · Franks ▸ Rebel Neustrian Nobles
  26. 717 CE — Battle of VincyBattle · Austrasia ▸ Neustria
  27. 719–759 CE — Umayyad invasion of GaulInvasion
  28. 719 CE — Battle of SoissonsBattle · Austrasia ▸ Neustria
  29. 721 CE — Battle of ToulouseBattle
  30. 732 CE — Battle of ToursBattle
  31. 732 CE — Lérins massacreMassacre
  32. 732 CE — Battle of BordeauxBattle · Umayyad Caliphate ▸ Acquitaine
  33. 734 CE — Battle of the BoarnBattle
  34. 737 CE — Battle of AvignonBattle
  35. 743 CE — Battle of EpfachBattle
  36. 752–759 CE — Siege of NarbonneBattle
  37. 754 CE — Battle of the Susa ValleyBattle
  38. 755 CE — Siege of PaviaSiege
  39. 761–768 CE — Aquitanian WarWar
  40. 772–804 CE — Saxon WarsWar
  41. 773–774 CE — Siege of PaviaSiege
  42. 773 CE — Battle of Chiusa di San MicheleBattle
  43. 773 CE — Franco–Lombard War of 773–774War
  44. 778 CE — Battle of Roncevaux PassBattle
  45. 782 CE — Battle of SüntelBattle
  46. 782 CE — Battle of Suntel HillBattle · Frankish Empire ▸ Saxon Rebels
  47. 783 CE — Battle of the HaseBattle
  48. 783 CE — Battle of DetmoldBattle · Frankish Empire ▸ Saxons
  49. 788–803 CE — Avar WarsWar
  50. 793 CE — Battle of Orbiel RiverBattle
  51. 793 CE — Siege of GironaSiege
  52. 798 CE — Battle of BornhövedBattle
  53. 803 CE — Pax NicephoriTreaty
  54. 823–835 CE — Carolingian Civil WarWar
  55. 845 CE — Battle of BallonBattle · Breton Rebels ▸ Frankish Empire
  56. 866 CE — Battle of BrissartheBattle
  57. 876 CE — Battle of AndernachBattle · East Franks ▸ West Franks
  58. 880 CE — Battle of EbsdorfBattle · Vikings ▸ Saxony
  59. 882 CE — Siege of AsseltSiege
  60. 886 CE — Battle of MontfauconBattle · Neustria, Paris ▸ Vikings
  61. 891 CE — Battle of DyleBattle · Germany ▸ Danish Vikings
  62. 891 CE — Battle of La GueuleBattle · Danish Vikings ▸ Germany
  63. 910 CE — Battle of AugsburgBattle · Magyars ▸ Kingdom of Germany

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