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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 ...
May 26, 2024 · While not strictly historical, Charles the Fat, also known as Charles III, was indeed the King of West Francia and later the Holy Roman Emperor during this period. As historian Robert Roswell Palmer notes in his book "A History of the Modern World":
May 12, 2024 · I got from count eudes to emperor. The kingdoms of Italy,West Francia and lotheringa are my friends and allies. You’re missing some spots but honestly going from Eudes to Emperor in one lifetime is impressive enough imo so you can stand proud, you’re strong. Yep, looks like Francia.
1 day ago · Charlemagne (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə m eɪ n, ˌ ʃ ɑːr l ə ˈ m eɪ n / SHAR-lə-mayn, - MAYN; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.
3 days ago · According to Bradbury, Carolingian kingship came to an end in West Francia for three major reasons (p. 45): first, the last Carolingian kings made an enemy out of their most powerful vassal, the Robertian Hugh Capet; second, they lost the support of the Ottonian rulers of East Francia, their greatest external ally; and third, they opposed the ...
6 days ago · The medieval Kingdom of France emerged from the western part of Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire, known as West Francia, and achieved increasing prominence under the rule of the House of Capet, founded in 987.
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4 days ago · The Ottonians ruled East Francia (roughly speaking, Germany) from 919 to 1024, and from 961 northern Italy too. They also provided two queens of West Francia (France) in these years. His aim is not to be exhaustive, but to analyse the nature and qualities of queenship at key moments in the tenth century.
