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The Kingdom of the Franks (Latin: Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Latin: Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Frankish Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties during the Early Middle Ages.
It eventually became the High Medieval Kingdom of Germany, the largest component of the Holy Roman Empire. [3] Charles II received Francia Occidentalis (the West Frankish kingdom). Pepin II was granted the Kingdom of Aquitaine, but only under the authority of Charles. [7] Charles received all lands west of the Rhône, called West Francia. [8]
East Francia (Latin: Francia orientalis) or the Kingdom of the East Franks (Regnum Francorum orientalium) was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was created through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided the former empire into three kingdoms.
Partition of the Frankish Empire after the Treaty of Verdun 843. West Francia Middle Francia East Francia The division of the Carolingian Empire into West, Middle and East Francia at the Treaty of Verdun in 843 - with three grandsons of the emperor Charlemagne installed as their kings - was regarded at the time as a temporary arrangement, yet it heralded the birth of what would later become ...
The term "Carolingian Empire" is a modern convention and was not used by its contemporaries. The language of official acts in the empire was Latin.The empire was referred to variously as universum regnum ("the whole kingdom", as opposed to the regional kingdoms), Romanorum sive Francorum imperium [a] ("empire of the Romans and Franks"), Romanum imperium ("Roman empire"), or even imperium ...
Queen of the West Franks: 923–934: Gerberga of Saxony Queen of the (West) Franks: 939–954: After the death of Henry, the last King of the East Franks, the only remaining Frankish kings were in Western Francia, which would become the modern state of France. Louis IV: Emma of Italy Queen of the (West) Franks: 965–986: Lothair: Adelaide of Anjou
Map of the Carolingian Empire in 843 showing lower levels of administrative division Division of 843. The empire of Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, had originally split in three parts by the 843 Treaty of Verdun: Lothair I, his eldest son, received the Imperial crown and the personal realm of Middle Francia
The Frankish Empire is split again, and falls apart into separate kingdoms. Count Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris, is elected king of the West Frankish Kingdom, and crowned at Compiègne by Walter, archbishop of Sens. [17] Other Frankish noblemen support the 8-year-old Charles the Simple (the posthumous son of the late king Louis the ...