The Carolingian dynasty (/ˌkærəˈlɪndʒiən/ KARR-ə-LIN-jee-ən; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was...
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Central Europe during the Early Middle Ages. It was ruled by the Carolingian dynasty, which had ruled as kings of the Franks since 751 and as kings of...
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only Germanic king to rule in East Francia after the Carolingian dynasty and before this dynasty. The Ottonians are associated with the notable military...
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until the establishment of West Francia, during the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire in the 800s. The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin:...
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last king, Childeric III, and had himself crowned, initiating the Carolingian dynasty. The 7th-century Chronicle of Fredegar implies that the Merovingians...
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Robertians (redirect from Robertian dynasty)
appear first in the records as powerful nobles serving under the Carolingian dynasty of Charlemagne in West Francia, which later became France. As their...
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List of Frankish kings (redirect from Medieval Frankish dynasties)
Merovingians were later replaced by the new Carolingian dynasty in the 8th century. By the late 10th century, the Carolingians themselves had been replaced throughout...
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Carolingian Renaissance of the late 8th and 9th centuries, when the Carolingian dynasty dominated west European politics. It was a conscious attempt to emulate...
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up Carolingian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Carolingian is an adjective applied to topics concerning or in the time of the Carolingian dynasty in...
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Holy Roman Emperor (redirect from Carolingian emperor)
Roman Empire from Constantinople. Charlemagne's descendants from the Carolingian Dynasty continued to be crowned Emperor until 899, excepting a brief period...
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Charlemagne (category Carolingian dynasty)
influence on Europe throughout the Middle Ages. A member of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty, Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of...
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Lotharingia after 900. He was the last East Frankish ruler of the Carolingian dynasty. He succeeded his father, Arnulf, in East Francia and his elder illegitimate...
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Francia (section Carolingian Empire, 751–840)
in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Frankish Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties during the Early Middle Ages. Francia was among the last surviving...
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Hugh Capet (category Carolingian dynasty)
small part of the former Carolingian Empire. The eastern Frankish lands, the Holy Roman Empire, were ruled by the Ottonian dynasty, represented by Hugh's...
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List of German monarchs (section Carolingian dynasty)
This is a list of monarchs who ruled over East Francia, and the Kingdom of Germany (Latin: Regnum Teutonicum), from the division of the Frankish Empire...
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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...
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dynasty's ability to attain and hold onto the French crown.[page needed] In 987, Hugh Capet was elected to succeed Louis V of the Carolingian dynasty...
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of the First and Second Empire and leaders of the five Republics. The Carolingians were a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid...
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Ermentrude of Orléans (category Carolingian dynasty)
examined queenship in a lot of depth, using Ermentrude's role in the Carolingian dynasty. They had power within the royal household and partially within the...
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descendants of Clovis, the Merovingian dynasty, followed in the 8th and 9th centuries by their successors the Carolingian dynasty, whose own powerbase was in Austrasia...
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Queen of Italy (regina Italiae in Latin and regina d'Italia in Italian) is a title adopted by many spouses of the rulers of the Italian peninsula after...
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Pippinids (redirect from Pippinid dynasty)
eventually supplanted the Merovingians as kings in 751, founding the Carolingian dynasty. The names "Pippinid" and "Arnulfing" are modern conventions, reflecting...
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the real power in the kingdom, laying the foundation for a new dynasty. The Carolingians consolidated their power in the late seventh century, eventually...
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Agilmund, son of Agio Laiamicho (Lamissio) Ortnit The Lethings were an early dynasty from the time of Lethuc. The last ruling descendant of Lethuc was Walthari...
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Charles the Simple (category Carolingian dynasty)
the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 923. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty. Charles was the third and posthumous son of King Louis the Stammerer...
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King of Italy (section Carolingian Dynasty (774–887))
century. With the Frankish conquest of Italy in the 8th century, the Carolingians assumed the title, which was maintained by subsequent Holy Roman Emperors...
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Chrothildis Ermenchilde Ermenchilde Clotilde de Saxe Chrotaudis Gisele Carolingians, Robertians and Bosonids (751–987) Bertrada of Laon Gerberga Desiderata...
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Battle of Tours (section Carolingian dynasty)
across the Pyrenees. Historian J.M. Roberts said in 1993 of the Carolingian dynasty: It produced Charles Martel, the soldier who turned the Arabs back...
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Middle Ages (section Carolingian Europe)
century. Although the Carolingian dynasty of the Franks reunited many of the Western Roman lands by the early 9th century, the Carolingian Empire quickly fell...
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Louis V of France (category Carolingian dynasty)
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 of France...
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