Francia
Sign in to saveThe Kingdom of the Franks (), 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 the 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.
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Francia was the largest post-Roman kingdom in Western Europe, founded by King Clovis I in the late 5th century when he united Frankish tribes and expanded into Roman Gaul. It matters because it became the longest-lasting Germanic kingdom of its era, eventually evolving into the Carolingian Empire in 800 and shaping the political landscape of medieval Europe.
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Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Former country.common_name
- Francia
- Former country.era
- Early Middle Ages
- Former country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Former country.event_pre
- Clovis I becomes king of the Salian Franks
- Former country.year_start
- 481
- Former country.event1
- Clovis I unites all Franks
- Former country.date_event1
- 509
- Former country.event2
- Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the Romans
- Former country.date_event2
- 25 December 800
- Former country.event3
- Death of Louis the Pious
- Former country.date_event3
Article
27 sectionsContents
- The Franks before Clovis
- Birth of the Frankish kingdom with Clovis
- Unity of the Frankish kingdom despite partitions
- Merovingian period
- Clovis I (481–511)
- Clovis' successors (511–561)
- Chlothar's successors (561–592)
- Split into Neustria, Austrasia, and Burgundy (592–614)
- Chlothar II (614–631)
- Dagobert I and successors (631–687)
- Mayors of the palace (687–751)
- Charles Martel (714–751)
- Carolingian period
- Pepin the Short (751–768)
- Charlemagne (768–814)
- Divided empire, after 840
- Culture
- Law
- Church
- Society
- Currency
- See also
- Footnotes
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Kingdom of the Franks (), 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 the 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.