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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.
English: Map of the rise of Frankish Empire, from 481 to 814. Español : Mapa de la expansión del Imperio Franco, entre 481 y 814. Euskara : Frankoen Inperioaren hedapenaren mapa, 481-814 urteen bitartean.
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 Franks lived for centuries under Roman hegemony, as the long-term neighbours of Germania Inferior, which was the most northerly Roman province in continental Europe, and contained much of what is now the Netherlands, the German Rhineland, and Belgium. Over centuries, the Romans recruited large numbers of Frankish soldiers, some of whom ...
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 ...
Frankish Empire – 814: West Francia – 843: Kingdom of France – 1000: Kingdom of France – 1097: Kingdom of France – 1190: Also known as Francia, the Kingdom of the Franks and the Carolingian Empire: Partitioned from Francia in the Treaty of Verdun along with Middle Francia and East Francia (later the Kingdom of Germany; see below ...
Frankish Empire – 814: West Francia – 843: Kingdom of France – 1000: Kingdom of France – 1097: Kingdom of France – 1190: Also known as Francia, the Kingdom of the Franks and the Carolingian Empire: Partitioned from Francia in the Treaty of Verdun along with Middle Francia and East Francia (later the Kingdom of Germany; see below ...
Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]