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| | h. The West Franks under the Carolingian Kings. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History |
 | | Odo (Eudes), count of Paris, marquis of Neustria (son of Count Robert the Strong), was elected king of the West Franks by one faction of magnates, to avoid a minority on the deposition (887) of Charles the Fat. |
 | | Rollo was baptized (912) under the name Robert, acquired middle Normandy (the Bessin, 924) and the western part of the duchy (Cotentin and Avranche, 933). |
 | | Robert, count of Paris, duke between the Seine and Loire, won the West Frankish crown with the aid of his sons-in-law, Herbert, count of Vermandois, and Rudolf, duke of Burgundy, but was killed (923), leaving a son (later Hugh the Great) too young to rule. |
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