resulted in division of the united empire. Middle Francia was allocated to emperor Lothair I, the eldest son and successor of emperor Louis the Pious. His...
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the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Latin: Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was...
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In medieval historiography, West Francia (Medieval Latin: Francia occidentalis) or the Kingdom of the West Franks (Latin: regnum Francorum occidentalium)...
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East Francia (Latin: Francia orientalis) or the Kingdom of the East Franks (Regnum Francorum orientalium) was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire...
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Charles the Simple (redirect from Charles III of West Francia)
Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex), was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–923....
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Charles the Fat (redirect from Charles III (East Francia))
dignitatis). Charles was the youngest of the three sons of Louis the German, first King of East Francia, and Hemma from the House of Welf. An incident of...
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Lotharingia (section Middle Francia, 843–855)
children, but one illegitimate son - Hugh, Duke of Alsace. His uncles, king of East Francia Louis the German and West Francia Charles the Bald (who wanted...
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Charlemagne (redirect from King Karl of West Francia)
only surviving son, Louis the Pious. After Louis, the Frankish kingdom was divided and eventually coalesced into West and East Francia, which later became...
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Louis the Stammerer (redirect from Louis II of West Francia)
879), was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis...
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Louis IV of France (redirect from Louis IV of Western Francia)
overseas"), reigned as King of West Francia from 936 to 954. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, he was the only son of king Charles the Simple and his...
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Francia Elena Márquez Mina (born 1 December 1981) is a Colombian human-rights and environmental activist and lawyer, who is the 13th and current Vice...
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over time, the divisions of Francia (the lands of the Franks) started to become kingdoms that were more permanent. West Francia formed the heart of what...
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Charles the Bald (redirect from Charles II, King of West Francia)
October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire...
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Carolingian dynasty (section Ruling Francia)
to the kingship of East Francia. At the death of Arnulf's son Louis the Child in 911, Carolingian rule ended in East Francia. The French branch, descended...
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José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ɣasˈpaɾ roˈðɾiɣes ðe ˈfɾansia]) (6 January 1766 – 20 September 1840) was a Paraguayan...
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Louis the Child (category 9th-century kings of East Francia)
September 911), sometimes called Louis III or Louis IV, was the king of East Francia from 899 until his death and was also recognized as king of Lotharingia...
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List of French monarchs (redirect from King of West Francia)
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...
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Louis V of France (redirect from Louis V of West Francia)
Louis V was the last Carolingian monarch in West Francia. Louis was born c. 966. He was the eldest son of King Lothair of France, the Carolingian ruler...
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Louis III of France (redirect from Louis III of West Francia)
of West Francia (precursor to France) from 879 until his death in 882. He succeeded his father Louis the Stammerer, and ruled over West Francia in tandem...
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Louis the Younger (redirect from Louis III of East Francia)
the second eldest of the three sons of Louis the German and Hemma. He succeeded his father as the King of Eastern Francia on 28 August 876 and his elder...
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realms. The son of the powerful Frankish statesman Ansegisel, Pepin worked to establish his family, the Pippinids, as the strongest in Francia. He became...
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Carloman I (redirect from King Karloman of Middle Francia)
surviving son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon and was a younger brother of Charlemagne. His death allowed Charlemagne to take all of Francia and begin...
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Zsuzsanna "Susan" Francia (Hungarian: Francia Zsuzsanna; born November 8, 1982) is a Hungarian-American two-time Olympic gold medalist rower. Growing...
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Charles the Younger (redirect from Charles the Younger, son of Charlemagne)
death. Charles, as his eldest son in good favour, was given the largest share of the inheritance, with rule of Francia proper along with Saxony, Nordgau...
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Robert I of France (redirect from Robert I of West Francia)
posthumous son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou and Adelaide of Tours. He was the brother of Odo, who was elected king of West Francia in 888. In...
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This is a list of wars involving Francia. It is an incomplete list of Frankish wars and battles from the Frankish conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum by...
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Lothair of France (redirect from Lothair of West Francia)
king of West Francia, reigning from 10 September 954 until his death in 986. Lothair was born in Laon near the end of 941, as the eldest son of King Louis...
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Louis the German (category 9th-century kings of East Francia)
king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the Pious, emperor of Francia, and his first...
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Odo of France (redirect from Odo of West Francia)
definitive separation of West Francia from the Carolingian Empire, which would never be reunited. Odo was the eldest son of Robert the Strong, Duke of...
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Charles divided Francia between his sons, Carloman and Pepin. The latter became the first king of the Carolingian dynasty. Pepin's son Charlemagne, grandson...
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