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Western and Eastern Franconia, about 1000. 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 territory of the Duchy of Franconia was the part of the core Frankish realm of Austrasia which did not pass to Middle Francia / Lotharingia following the Treaty of Verdun. The Duchy of Franconia ( German: Herzogtum Franken) was one of the five duchies of East Francia. It existed from 882 – 1125 .
The second was that of the second-in-command to the early kings of France, the last incumbent of which succeeded to the throne in 987. This title was sometimes rendered as Duke of France ( dux Franciae ). The third instance was that of the rulers in East Francia (now Germany) of the so-called "tribal" duchy of Franconia .
The name Franconia survives today as a region of northern Bavaria, which encompasses the eastern half of the former duchy. It encompasses three Bavarian administrative regions, these being Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) to the north-west, which contains the important medieval city of Würzburg (former residence of powerful prince-bishops) and which borders Hesse, followed by Middle Franconia ...
Franconia between 919 and 1125. In the mid-9th century, the Stem Duchy of Franconia emerged, one of the five stem duchies of the East Francian Empire. Present-day Franconia, however, only covers the eastern part of this duchy. Until the 10th century, Franconia also comprised Rhenish or West Franconia.
views 2,190,233 updated. 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. It stretched from the western ...
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Dukes of Franconia. 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 ...
