West Francia

E274504

former country medieval kingdom

West Francia was the western part of the Carolingian Empire that evolved into the medieval Kingdom of France.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
West Francia canonical	37
Kingdom of West Francia	6
Neustria	3
Western Francia	2
Frankish Gaul	1
Regnum Francorum Occidentalium	1
West Francia – Charles the Bald	1
West Frankish kingdom	1
Western Frankish Kingdom	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former country ⓘ medieval kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	West Francia ⓘ surface form: Regnum Francorum Occidentalium West Francia ⓘ surface form: Western Francia West Francia ⓘ surface form: Western Frankish Kingdom
borderedBy	East Francia ⓘ Duchy of Brittany ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Brittany Middle Francia ⓘ
capital	Laon ⓘ Orléans ⓘ Paris ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: Frankish realm
currency	silver denier ⓘ
endDate	987 ⓘ
era	Early Middle Ages ⓘ High Middle Ages ⓘ
establishedBy	Treaty of Verdun ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Franks ⓘ Gallo-Roman ⓘ surface form: Gallo-Romans
evolvedInto	France ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
firstRuler	Charles the Bald ⓘ
followed	Carolingian Empire ⓘ Treaty of Verdun ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion	Gaul ⓘ
includedTerritory	Aquitaine ⓘ Brittany ⓘ surface form: Brittany (as a vassal or associated polity at times) Burgundy wine region ⓘ surface form: Burgundy Kingdom of Neustria ⓘ surface form: Neustria Île-de-France region ⓘ surface form: Île-de-France
language	Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ Latin ⓘ Old French ⓘ
lastRuler	Hugh Capet ⓘ
notableEvent	Treaty of Verdun ⓘ Viking raids in the 9th and 10th centuries ⓘ election of Hugh Capet in 987 ⓘ
partOf	Carolingian Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Carolingian Empire ⓘ Carolingian Empire ⓘ surface form: Frankish Empire
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Capetian dynasty ⓘ Carolingian dynasty ⓘ Robertian dynasty ⓘ
startDate	843 ⓘ
successor	Kingdom of France ⓘ surface form: Capetian France Kingdom of France ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: West Francia
Description of subject: West Francia was the western part of the Carolingian Empire that evolved into the medieval Kingdom of France.

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Francia → borderedBy → West Francia ⓘ

Carolingian Empire → followedBy → West Francia ⓘ

Carolingian Empire → dividedInto → West Francia ⓘ

Kingdom of France → predecessor → West Francia ⓘ

siege of Paris (845) → belligerent → West Francia ⓘ

siege of Paris (845) → historicalRegion → West Francia ⓘ

Kingdom of the Franks → territoryIncludes → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neustria

Lower Burgundy → borderedBy → West Francia ⓘ

King of the Franks → coreTerritory → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neustria

King of the Franks → linkedToPolity → West Francia ⓘ

Salic law → regionOfApplication → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Gaul

Salic law → regionOfApplication → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neustria

Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu → country → West Francia ⓘ

Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu → belligerent → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Frankish kingdom

Hrólfr → regionOfActivity → West Francia ⓘ

Count of Rouen → country → West Francia ⓘ

Gerloc → historicalRegion → West Francia ⓘ

Ingelger → countryOfCitizenship → West Francia ⓘ

Louis III of West Francia → country → West Francia ⓘ

Louis III of West Francia → birthPlace → West Francia ⓘ

Poppa of Bayeux → countryOfCitizenship → West Francia ⓘ

William Longsword → allegiance → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of West Francia

Charles the Simple → countryOfCitizenship → West Francia ⓘ

Charles the Simple → ruledTerritory → West Francia ⓘ

Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → countryAtTime → West Francia ⓘ

Hugh Capet → countryOfCitizenship → West Francia ⓘ

Odo of Cluny → placeOfBirth → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of West Francia

William I, Duke of Aquitaine → countryOfCitizenship → West Francia ⓘ

Treaty of Verdun → createdState → West Francia ⓘ

Treaty of Verdun → allocatedTo → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Francia – Charles the Bald

Treaty of Mersen → involves → West Francia ⓘ

Treaty of Mersen → definesBorderBetween → West Francia ⓘ

Charles the Bald → territoryRuled → West Francia ⓘ

Lothair II → territoryPartitionedAfterDeathBetween → West Francia ⓘ

Gerberga of Saxony → monarchOfConsort → West Francia ⓘ

Kingdom of Lotharingia → borderlandBetween → West Francia ⓘ

Kingdom of Lotharingia → laterControlledBy → West Francia ⓘ

Charles the Fat → countryOfRule → West Francia ⓘ

King of Brittany → conflictsWith → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of West Francia

Breton March → locatedIn → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Francia

Middle Francia → borderedBy → West Francia ⓘ

West Francia → alsoKnownAs → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regnum Francorum Occidentalium

West Francia → alsoKnownAs → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Frankish Kingdom

West Francia → alsoKnownAs → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Francia

Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → appliesTo → West Francia ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte

this entity surface form: Kingdom of West Francia

Charles II the Bald → countryOfCitizenship → West Francia ⓘ

Viking incursions into West Francia → location → West Francia ⓘ

Viking incursions into West Francia → countryAffected → West Francia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of West Francia

later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) → location → West Francia ⓘ

later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) → country → West Francia ⓘ