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Topic: List of Frankish Kings


  
  List of Frankish Kings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Frankish kingdoms were ruled by two main dynasties, the Merovingians (who established the realm) and later the Carolingians.
The Frankish kingdom was then divided with the Treaty of Verdun in 843 among the sons of Louis the Pious.
The history of France as recounted in the "Grandes Chroniques de France," and particularly in the personal copy produced for King Charles V between 1370 and 1380 that is the saga of the three great dynasties, the Merovingians, Carolingians, and the Capetian Rulers of France, that shaped the institutions and the frontiers of the realm.
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 Franks
While in later France, the kingdom became hereditary, the kings of the later Holy Roman Empire were unable to abolish this tradition and continued to be elected until the Empire's formal end in 1806.
On December 23 and 24, 800, Charles was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome in a ceremony that formally acknowledged the Frankish Empire to be the successor of the (Western) Roman one.
His third son Charles the Bald became King of the West Franks; this area is the foundation for the later France.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fr/Franks.html   (2140 words)

  
 Franks - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The conversion to Christianity of the pagan Frankish king Clovis was a crucial event in the history of Europe.
The Frankish realm underwent many partitions and repartitions, since the Franks divided their property among surviving sons, and lacking a broad sense of a res publica, they conceived of the realm as a large extent of private property.
Because the Frankish kingdom dominated Western Europe for centuries, terms derived from "Frank" were used by many in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and beyond as a synonym for Roman Christians (e.g., al-Faranj in Arabic, farangi in Farsi, Feringhi in Hindustani, and Frangos in Greek).
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 Neustria
The struggle for power continued with the widow of King Chilperic I (reigned 566-584) when a bitter war was led by Queen Fredegonde of Neustria[?], mother of the new king Clotaire II (reigned 584-628).
Finally under Dagobert I (reigned 628-637) the ongoing generational war resulted in another temporary unification but by then the authority of the warring kings began to decline as the mayors of the palace rose to prominence.
In 687, Pepin of Heristal[?], mayor of the palace of the king of Austrasia, defeated the tenacious Neustrians at Tertry[?] and united Austrasia and Neustria.
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 Franks - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The reigns of earlier Frankish chieftains—Pharamond (about 419 until about 427) and Clodio (Chlodio) (about 427 until about 447)—seem to owe more to myth than fact, and their relationship to the Merovingian line remains uncertain.
Gregory's sources tentatively identify Merovech as king of the Franks and possibly a son of Chlodio.
On December 23 and December 24, 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charles as Emperor in Rome in a ceremony that formally acknowledged the Frankish Empire as the successor of the (Western) Roman one.
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 The Frankish kingdom
The leading Frankish tribe was the Salians and their kings united all Franks during the latter half of the fifth century.
The Merovingian kings did not only lose territory during this period, their power in the remaining parts of the Frankish kingdom were also reduced as a result of under aged kings.
The Frankish kingdom was also a feudal state that was held together by lucrative wars of plunder in the neighbouring countries.
www.tacitus.nu /historical-atlas/francia.htm   (1568 words)

  
 ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Early English kings, like Frankish kings and others of the period, were warlords, men whose ability to inspire fear in their enemies was the basis of their claim to rule.
Hrothgar, the Danish king whom Beowulf came to serve, was "the best of earthly kings" because "he was the best of those who bestowed gold." A bad king was one who "[began] to hoard his treasure," who "never [parted] with gold rings." [Campbell, 54] The tie between warlord and retainer was two-way.
The warrior followed the king in expectation of victory; and once victory was won, he expected the king to fairly and generously distribute the fruits of victory.
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 Kingdoms of France - Franks
The Salian (Western) Franks led the influx of Frankish and sub-Frank peoples into Gaul during the 4-5th centuries, and founded minor kingdoms along the line of their advance, such as at Cambrai and Yssel.
Charles III (his numbering is not strictly counted within the list of French monarchs) is deposed by the Germans and the Frankish Empire is officially divided between East and West.
The Carolingian son of Louis V, Charles of Lorraine, was ignored in favour of passing the crown permanently to the House of Paris.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/FranceFranks.htm   (635 words)

  
 List of French monarchs - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Most medieval historians would argue that the existence of France proper did not begin until the advent of the Capetian Dynasty in 987, or, at the very earliest, with the establishment of the Kingdom of Western Francia at the Treaty of Verdun in 843.
This view is somewhat problematic in layman's terms, however, in part due to the existence of centuries-old tradition that considers the beginnings of France to lie in the Merovingian Frankish kingdom established under Clovis I.
After the July Revolution in 1830, the style "King of the French" was used instead of "King of France".
psychcentral.com /psypsych/King_of_France   (938 words)

  
 Clovis I - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
These were a Germanic people occupying the area west of the lower Rhine, with their own center around Tournai and Cambrai, along the modern frontier between France and Belgium, in an area known as Toxandria.
This victory extended Frankish rule to most of the area north of the Loire.
This created the new political units of the Kingdoms of Reims, Orléans, Paris and Soissons and inaugurated a period of disunity which was to last with brief interruptions until the end (751) of his Merovingian dynasty.
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 Microsoft Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
In 732 the Frankish cavalry defeated Muslim invaders moving north from Spain at the battle of Tours, stopping forever the advance of Islam from the southwest.
He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire and was responsible for a rebirth of culture and learning in the West.
He founded the Capetian line of kings who worked slowly for two centuries regaining the power by making royal roads safe, adding land to their domain, encouraging trade, and granting royal charters for new towns and fiefs in vacant lands.
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 ipedia.com: Lothair II of Lotharingia Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Although quarrels and reconciliations between the three kings followed each other in quick succession, in general it may be said that Louis favoured the divorce, and Charles opposed it, while neither lost sight of the fact that Lothair had no sons to inherit his lands.
Lothair, whose desire for the divorce was prompted by his affection for a certain Waldrada, put away Teutberga; but Hucbert took up arms on her behalf, and after she had submitted successfully to the ordeal of water, Lothair was compelled to restore her in 858.
A synod of Frankish bishops met at Metz in 863 and confirmed this decision, but Teutberga fled to the court of Charles the Bald, and Pope Nicholas I declared against the decision of the synod.
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 Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
Joanna's first husband, Ferrand, son of King Sancho I of Portugal, was captured by King Philip II of France in the defeat of Emperor Otto IV at the battle of Bouvines in 1214.
Anjou was revived as a Duchy for Charles, the brother of King Louis IX of France, in 1246.
The list of the counts is from Bruce R. Gordon's Regnal Chronologies and the WW-Person, A WWW Data base of European nobility.
www.friesian.com /flanders.htm   (10467 words)

  
 France Hotels, Paris Hotels and the France Travel Guide - France.com
Reconciliation between the king and Philippe of Burgundy (1435) removed the greatest obstacle to French recovery, leading to the recapture of Paris (1436), Normandy (1450) and Guienne (1453), reducing England's foothold to a small area around Calais (lost also in 1558).
Despite the conclusion of a Concordat between France and the Papacy (1516), granting the crown unrivalled power in senior ecclesiastical appointments, France was deeply affected by the Protestant Reformation's attempt to break the unity of Roman Catholic Europe.
After the death of both king and cardinal, the Peace of Westphalia (1648) secured universal acceptance of Germany's political and religious fragmentation, and the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) formalised France's seizure (1642) of the Spanish territory of Roussillon after the crushing of the efemerous Catalan Republic.
www.france.com /culture/display_item.cfm?id=88   (2006 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory of Tours: History of the Franks
For example when Austrechild, king Gunthram's wife, was dying, she accused her two physicians of having given her "potions" that were proving fatal, and asked the king to take an oath to have them executed.
And when she repelled his venomous shaft by the armor of the faith, the king commanded that wealth be taken from her who already in her heart possessed the kingdom of paradise, and later that she should be tortured without hope of this life.
The king was very glad when he saw her, and married her, having already by a concubine a son named Theodoric.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/gregory-hist.html   (17963 words)

  
 Neustria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 687, Pippin of Herstal, mayor of the palace of the king of Austrasia, defeated the tenacious Neustrians at Tertry and united Austrasia and Neustria.
Pippin's descendants, the Carolingians, continued to rule the two realms as mayors.
For a list of rulers of Neustria, see the list of Frankish Kings.\n
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 The Frankish Kingdom
After the death of Chlodovech 511 the Frankish kingdom was divided between his four sons.
Childebert II Theuderic II Sigibert II The Frankish kingdom reunites 613 and Burgundy is
Chilperich II reunites the Frankish kingdom 719 whereby
www.tacitus.nu /historical-atlas/regents/france/franks.htm   (241 words)

  
 Age of Empires: The Age of Kings Walkthrough - IGN FAQs
Having said that, you'll see at the start of the mission that the enemy forces are split between Yoshinaka and his personal guard, two Crossbowmen, and two large squadrons of men, one on either side of your two initial bridges.
There is a good reason for this; as soon as you destroy this camp's town center, King Henry will pack up all his units will leave, forcing you to fight the southeast camp while stretching your own men across the remaining three quarters of the map in a blockade.
Listed below are the various abilities, and what each does (Note: Abilities that are merely an upgrade of another, such as Improved Convert, are not listed for obvious reasons).
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 Guide and Index to Lists of Rulers
The Frankish and German Emperors thought of themselves as the "true" Roman Emperors, with the blessing of the Popes in Rome itself.
Margraves & Electors of Brandenburg & Kings of Prussia
Savoyard and Bourbon Kings of Naples and Sicily
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 FRANCIA
The thus "anointed" Kings of France later stoutly maintained that their authority was directly from God, without the mediation of either the Emperor or the Pope (both of whom had different ideas).
The retention of the Frankish name by the western kingdom is also ironic considering the Roman identification of the French themselves, who have always yearned for the full Rhine frontier of Roman Gaul and became increasingly contemptuous and then fearful of Germany and its sense of its own history.
Henry of Guise was of the house of Anjou and Lorraine, descendants of King John II of France.
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 Anatolia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At a much later era, Bithynia was the heartland of Byzantine opposition to the Latin Empire in the 13th century (see Nicaea), and the cradle of Ottoman power, during the 14th century CE.
It may seem peculiar to provide a separate listing for the capital of both the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, but this city - one of the truly great cities of the world - is historically interesting in it's own right.
Except in rare cases of exceptionally strong-willed Sultans, the Grand Viziers were the true rulers of the Ottoman state (much as the Mayors of the Palace were the power behind the Frankish throne).
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 Byzantine Empire (Byzantium) including its cities, kings, religion and wars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
When King Hilderich was deposed and replaced, Justinian could rightfully protest this action taken against a monarch who had ceased persecution of North African Catholics and had allied himself with Constantinople.
In Italy, meanwhile, the Goths chose a new king, Totila, under whose able leadership the military situation in that land was soon to be transformed.
This bare list of emperors obscures the family conflicts that often imperiled the succession, but gradually the principle was established that, even if brothers ruled as coemperors, the senior's authority would prevail.
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 Austrasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After the death of the Frankish king Clovis I in 511, his Kingdom was partitioned among his four sons, Theuderic I receiving Austrasia.
In 613, a rebellion by the nobility against Brunhilda saw her betrayed and handed over to her nephew and foe, king Clotaire II of Neustria.
He subjected her to the torment of the rack for three days, then had her torn asunder between four horses, thus taking control of the other two kingdoms, and a united Frankish Kingdom was created with its capital in Paris.
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She asked Pope Victor for a list of the Christians condemned to work in the mines of Sardinia and secured the release of these poor victims.
King Athalaric then ordered that the decree of the Senate against bribery in papal elections should be carved on marble and set up in the court of St. Peter's.
Silverius was the nominee of Gothic King Theodahad.
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 Topic 8 - The Frankish Empires
To demonstrate how the Frankish king and the Pope depended on each other.
To describe how the Frankish kings gained some spiritual power and how the Pope became a political ruler.
To list and analyze the consequences of the Pope crowning Charlemagne Augustus in 800.
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 MS 413
Chapters indicated by square brackets with Roman numerals, both in red, in outer margin; first initial of each section, in red, offset from text space; same format of presentation for arts.
List of Frankish kings from Faramund to Philip II (1180), written by two scribes in two columns, s.
R. McKitterick, The Frankish Church and the Carolingian Reforms 789-895 (London, 1977) p.
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