Odo (French: Eudes; c. 857 – 1 January 898) was the elected King of West Francia from 888 to 898. He was the first king from the Robertian dynasty, the...

The Tour de France (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də fʁɑ̃s]) is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and...

and building on his father's work, he restored centralized government in Francia and began the series of military campaigns that re-established the Franks...

called Lothair II, III or IV, was the penultimate Carolingian king of West Francia, reigning from 10 September 954 until his death in 986. Lothair was born...

at the Battle of Tours in 732, and expelled them from Aquitaine. After the battle, Charles headed back north to his domains in Francia—Neustria and Austrasia—and...

(817–855, with his father until 840) and king of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (843–855). Lothair I was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis...

survived, of Sextus Pompeius Festus's De verborum significatu, which he dedicated to Charlemagne. While Paul was in Francia, Charlemagne asked him to compile...

military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia. He was the author of the encyclopaedia De rerum naturis ("On the Natures of Things"). He also...

Monarchs ruled the Kingdom of France from the establishment of Francia in 481 to 1870, except for certain periods from 1792 to 1852. Since 1870, the head...

Paraguay's ambassador to the United States. He completed courses in Chile, from 1911 to 1913, the Military School of Bernardo O'Higgins. In 1917 he was promoted...

mother in 597; though rich, his realm was one of the smallest portions of Francia. He continued his mother's feud with Queen Brunhilda with equal viciousness...

participating brothers. By the end of his life, Chlothar had managed to reunite Francia by surviving his brothers and seizing their territories after they died...

(Cour-de-france.fr: Article 1417). Orieux, Jean (2007). Caterina de' Medici. Un'italiana sul trono di Francia. Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori. ISBN 978-88-04-30464-7. Media...

ar/ta_article/y-ahora-argentina-francia-un-clasico-rival-moderno-de-alto-voltaje/ Y ahora, Argentina-Francia, un clásico moderno, de alto voltaje. Tiempo Argentino...

Beaulieu-sur-Mer) a Peruvian socialite and MI6 double-agent in WWII. Peter de Francia (1921 in Beaulieu-sur-Mer – 2012) an Italian-British artist and Professor...

Visigoths successfully foiled attacks by the Frankish king Clovis I. In Francia, the Arab and Berber Muslim forces invaded the region of Septimania in...

Neustriae, a constituent subkingdom of the Carolingian Empire and then West Francia. The Carolingian kings also created a March of Neustria which was a frontier...

to institute the theory of words", but the chronicler of the "Historia Francia" mentions before him a "magister Johannes", whose personality is much discussed...

1376. His final year saw a scandal amongst the royal family, known as the Tour de Nesle affair, in which King Philip's three daughters-in-law were accused...

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Louis". Louis is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodowig and one...

(885–886), for which the then Count of Paris (comte de Paris), Odo of France, was elected king of West Francia. From the Capetian dynasty that began with the...

van de Tour de France" [Bobet undisputed winner of the Tour de France] (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. 2 August 1954. "La Vuelta Ciclista a Francia" [The...

the Church of St. Martin in Tours, and continued his education in Paris under Remigius of Auxerre. Upon returning to Tours, Odo became disillusioned with...

Müller, « L’érudition gallicane et le concile de Bâle (Baluze, Mabillon, Daguesseau, Iselin, Bignon) », Francia, IX, 1981, p. 531-555. Jean Boutier, Stephanus...

of double predestination, an issue that ripped through both Italy and Francia from 848 into the 850s and 860s. Led by his own interpretation of Augustine's...

California, the Heindels decided, on April 30, 1911, to go visit the famous Franciscan Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, founded in 1798 in Oceanside by Junipero...

era in piena rivoluzione. Primo paese europeo a seguire l'esempio della Francia, peraltro dopo averne respinto le avance militari. La rivoluzione in Sardegna...

settling divisions of estates among heirs. Byzantine coinage was in use in Francia before Theudebert I began minting his own money at the start of his reign...

the primary authority in Francia. He established a peace treaty with Duke Eudo that ensured Chilperic II was returned to Francia; thereafter, until Chilperic's...

The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on 3 July with an 8.9 km prologue...