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The Duchy of Franconia ( German: Herzogtum Franken) was one of the five stem duchies of East Francia and the medieval Kingdom of Germany emerging in the early 10th century. The word Franconia, first used in a Latin charter of 1053, was applied like the words Francia, France, and Franken, to a portion of the land occupied by the Franks. [1]
- County of Nassau
Origins. Nassau, originally a county, developed on the lower...
- Franconia
At the beginning of the 10th century a Duchy of Franconia...
- History of Franconia
In the mid-9th century, the Stem Duchy of Franconia emerged,...
- County of Nassau
Following the fragmentation of the Eastern Frankish kingdom in the late ninth and early tenth centuries, Franconia emerged as a large stem duchy while the Germanic Roman empire was being formally secured by purely German rulers in favour of the former Frankish rulers.
Franconia, one of the five great stem, or Stamm (tribal), duchies—the other four being Saxony, Lotharingia (Lorraine), Swabia, and Bavaria—of early medieval Germany.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Franconia (frăngkō´nēə), Ger. Franken, historic region and one of the five basic or stem duchies of medieval Germany, S Germany. The region was included in the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, becoming in the 9th cent. a duchy and the center of the East Frankish (or East German) kingdom.
Franconia was one of the five tribal duchies which made up Germany during the tenth century. But unlike the others Franconia did not evolve into a stable political entity. Its first duke was elected to king of Germany 911 and was succeeded in Franconia by his brother who died 939 when he revolted against another German king.
