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Odo, Count of Paris
- Odo, Count of Paris was then elected by nobles as the new king of West Francia, and was crowned the next month. At this point, West Francia was composed of Neustria in the west and in the east by Francia proper, the region between the Meuse and the Seine.
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Odo, Count of Paris was then elected by nobles as the new king of West Francia, and was crowned the next month. At this point, West Francia was composed of Neustria in the west and in the east by Francia proper, the region between the Meuse and the Seine .
May 26, 2024 · By 843, Charles the Bald was established as King of West Francia, and was dealing with raids launched by a Norse chieftain by the name of Reginherus – though modern readers may know him better as Ragnar loðbrókr. According to the Annals of Xanten, Ragnar attacked Paris in 845 and occupied the city, ransacking it and leaving only after a ...
Nov 16, 2018 · The Kingdom of West Francia (843-987 CE, also known as The Kingdom of the West Franks) was the region of Western Europe that formed the western part of the Carolingian Empire of Charlemagne (Holy Roman Emperor 800-814 CE) known as Francia or the Kingdom of the Franks.
- Joshua J. Mark
The Kingdom of West Francia (843-987 CE, also known as The Kingdom of the West Franks) was the region of Western Europe that formed the western part of the Carolingian Empire of Charlemagne (Holy Roman Emperor 800-814 CE) known as Francia or the Kingdom of the Franks.
- Joshua J. Mark
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Jun 11, 2022 · With no legitimate Carolingian adult males in the west, Karl der Grosse inherited the throne of West Francia. What Charlemagne had built through war, his great-grandson inherited through pure dumb luck.
Nov 13, 2021 · Early that year the nobles of northern West Francia assembled and selected Odo as their new king. That February archbishop Walter of Sens crowned him at Compiègne. For the first time in 137 years West Francia had a non-Carolingian king. But Odo wasn’t the only king in the west.
May 15, 2018 · The territory allocated to the Normans was then expanded by Rudolph, King of France, and within a few generations a distinct “Norman identity” had emerged — the result of the Viking settlers intermarrying with the so-called “native” Frankish-Celtic population.
