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Nov 13, 2021 · King Charles arrived with an army but Ragnar repulsed his forces. With no other option, Charles paid him 7,000 pounds of silver to leave the city. Raids continued across West Francia but Charles kept getting stronger and better able to defeat or pay off the attackers. In response more Vikings chose to raid the British Isles.
With the Treaty of Mersen in 870 the western part of Lotharingia was added to West Francia. In 875 Charles the Bald was crowned Emperor of Rome. The last record in the Annales Bertiniani dates to 882, and so the only contemporary narrative source for the next eighteen years in West Francia is the Annales Vedastini.
Jun 11, 2022 · Then disaster struck for the king of West Francia. In 845 an entire navy of 120 ships manned by berserker warriors led by the warlord Ragnar sailed up the Seine River to besiege Paris, the crown jewel of the western kingdom. Along the way they captured and hanged 111 Franks as a sacrifice to Odin.
West and East Francia soon divided up the area of Middle Francia. The idea of a "King of the Franks" ( Rex Francorum) gradually disappeared. The title "King of the Franks" is attested in the Kingdom of France until 1190, that of "Queen of the Franks" (for queen consorts) until 1227.
Robert I of France (866 – June 15, 923) was the elected King of West Francia from 922 to 923. Before his election to the throne he was Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. He succeeded the overthrown Carolingian king Charles the Simple, who in 898 had succeeded Robert’s brother, king Odo.
The Tenth-Century Frankish Collapse and the Peace of God In 987, Louis V – king of West Francia and the last Carolingian monarch in Europe – died childless.4 The West Frankish nobles decided to elect a new king with proven leadership qualities, passing over Louis’ uncle Charles and electing Hugh Capet, Duke of the Franks, a war hero ...
Jan 17, 2023 · King Louis II (Louis the Stammerer) received West Francia, but he died soon after in 879 CE. The Frankish nobles wisely opted to have his two sons, Louis III and Carloman II, rule as co-kings.
