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- The former empire of Charlemagne and Louis I was divided between the brothers with Louis the German (r.843-876 CE) taking East Francia, Lothair I (r. 843-855 CE) controlling Middle Francia, and Charles the Bald (r. 843-877 CE) ruling West Francia.
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After the death of East Francia's last Carolingian king Louis the Child, Lotharingia switched allegiance to the king of West Francia, Charles the Simple. After 911 the Duchy of Swabia extended westwards and added lands of Alsace.
- Early History & Division
- West Francia & Viking Raids
- The Counts of West Francia & King Odo
- Charles The Simple & Rollo of Normandy
- West Francia in Vikings & Legacy
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century CE, the region known as Gaul was governed by separate kingdoms of the Visigoths, Alemani, and others until its conquestby the Salian Franks under Merovech and Childeric I who founded the Merovingian Dynasty. Childeric I's son, Clovis I (c.466-511 CE), would unite the land under his reign...
Throughout Charlemagne's reign, he engaged in almost incessant warfare to expand his own power and that of the church. His Saxon Wars (772-804 CE), carried out to subjugate the region and convert the Norse pagans to Christianity, destroyed the land and resulted in thousands of deaths, most notably in the Massacre of Verden in 782 CE when Charlemagn...
Aside from the Viking skills mentioned above by Nelson, what encouraged the success of the Viking raids was the structure of West Francia following the death of Louis I and the division of the empire. Even though the treaty had been struck, there was still tension between the three brothers and this would only worsen later with their successors. Fu...
The Viking raids by this time had been going on for nearly a century and Charles needed them to stop. The Viking chief Rollo had been in the country since the Paris siege of 885-886 CE conducting successful raids from his camp on the Seine between 887-911 CE. Although Rollo certainly destroyed property and crops, and no doubt killed a number of peo...
West Francia is featured in the TV series Vikings beginning in Season 3. As the show is entertainment, not history, it is not expected to adhere to the historical record and makes free use of poetic license. In the actual 845 CE raid by Reginherus, the people of Paris had fled before the Vikings arrived and there was little if any actual combat; mo...
- Joshua J. Mark
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.
France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I, king of the Franks (r. 507–511), as the first king of France.
May 19, 2024 · This is a chronological list of the leaders who have ruled France; the dates given are the periods of said rule. Who Was the First King of France? Opinions vary as to who the first French king was due to the complex and transitional history of the monarchy.
Jun 26, 2023 · West Francia emerged from the partition of the Carolingian Empire in 843 under the Treaty of Verdun following the death of Charlemagne’s son, Louis the Pious. West Francia extended further north and south than modern metropolitan France, but it did not extend as far east.
After Odo’s death Charles finally became the sole ruler of West Francia. There were some wider interesting developments happening during his reign. Reginar I of Hainaut refused to accept the new East Francia King Conrad and switched alliance to Charles III the Simple, since 911 king of West Francia and the son of Louis II.
