Carolingian Empire

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Frankish realm medieval empire

The Carolingian Empire was a large medieval Frankish realm in Western and Central Europe, most associated with Charlemagne and the revival of imperial authority in the West.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Carolingian Empire canonical	83
Frankish Empire	55
Carolingian Empire (de facto)	2
Carolingian expansion	2
Carolingian Empire (before partition)	1
Carolingian Empire (undivided)	1
Carolingian Francia	1
Charlemagne's empire	1
Frankish Empire (in some territories)	1
Frankish Empire (partitioned territory)	1
Frankish Kingdom (Carolingian Empire) in Italy	1
united Frankish kingdom under the Carolingians	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Frankish realm ⓘ medieval empire ⓘ
administrativeOffice	count (comes) ⓘ missus dominicus ⓘ
administrativeUnit	county (comitatus) ⓘ
allianceWith	Papacy ⓘ
border	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Empire (periodically) Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ surface form: Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba (via Spanish March)
capital	Aachen ⓘ Ingelheim am Rhein ⓘ surface form: Ingelheim (palace center) Regensburg (periodically) ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ surface form: Austria (part) Belgium ⓘ surface form: Belgium (part) France (part) ⓘ Germania ⓘ surface form: Germany (part) Italy ⓘ surface form: Italy (part) Luxembourg ⓘ surface form: Luxembourg (part) Northern Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Netherlands (part) Spain (part – Spanish March) ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Switzerland (part)
culturalInnovation	Carolingian minuscule ⓘ
currency	silver denarius ⓘ
declineCause	Viking, Magyar, and Saracen raids ⓘ internal divisions and succession disputes ⓘ
dividedInto	East Francia ⓘ Middle Francia ⓘ West Francia ⓘ
endDate	888 ⓘ
event	imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 ⓘ surface form: Coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor by Pope Leo III
eventDate	800-12-25 ⓘ
followedBy	East Francia ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Middle Francia ⓘ West Francia ⓘ
governmentType	feudal monarchy ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra	Carolingian era ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ
knownFor	Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ reform of education and script ⓘ revival of imperial authority in Western Europe ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ Old French ⓘ surface form: Old French (Gallo-Romance varieties) Old High German ⓘ
legalSystem	Capitulary for Saxony ⓘ surface form: Capitularies of the Carolingians
militaryConflict	Avar wars ⓘ Lombard–Byzantine wars ⓘ surface form: Lombard campaigns Saxon Wars ⓘ
namedAfter	Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
notableRuler	Charlemagne ⓘ Charles the Bald ⓘ Lothair I ⓘ Louis the German ⓘ Emperor Louis the Pious ⓘ surface form: Louis the Pious
patronOf	monastic scholarship ⓘ scriptoria and manuscript production ⓘ
precededBy	Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: Frankish Kingdom under the Merovingians Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
region	Central Europe ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ
religion	Catholic Christianity ⓘ
religiousInstitution	Carolingian Church reforms ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
startDate	800-12-25 ⓘ
successionLaw	partible inheritance among sons ⓘ
treaty	Treaty of Verdun ⓘ
treatyDate	843 ⓘ

Referenced by (150)

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

Holy Roman Empire → precededBy → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Old Dutch → spokenIn → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

Carolingian Renaissance → partOf → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Carolingian Renaissance → country → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

First Bulgarian Empire → neighbor → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

Gregorian chant → codifiedIn → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Aachen → wasCapitalOf → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carolingian Empire (de facto)

Carolingian dynasty → country → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

Carolingian dynasty → hasPart → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of the Lombards → successor → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Battle of Tours → associatedWith → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

County of Cerdanya → country → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

County of Cerdanya → overlord → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

East Francia → partOf → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

East Francia → predecessor → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Renovatio imperii Romanorum → associatedWith → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

County of Barcelona → overlord → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Emperor Louis the Pious → deathPlace → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis the Pious

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

Emperor Louis the Pious → realm → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis the Pious

Carolingian minuscule → developedUnder → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Carolingian minuscule → geographicRegion → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

Franks → formedCoreOf → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of France → predecessor → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

siege of Paris (845) → associatedWith → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Alcuin of York → deathPlace → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 → politicalContext → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 → relatedTo → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Palace School at Aachen → locatedIn → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Palace School at Aachen → country → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

Frankish annals → mainTopic → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Theodulf of Orléans → countryOfCitizenship → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

Duke of Gascony → hasHistoricalConnection → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Christianization of Scandinavia → influencedBy → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Vikings → raidedRegion → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

Duchy of Burgundy → predecessor → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Lower Burgundy → predecessor → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Christianization of Saxony → countryInvolved → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Saxon Wars → partOf → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carolingian expansion

Saxon Wars → belligerent → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Sequence of Saint Eulalia → writtenInContextOf → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu → historicalRegion → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Otto the Illustrious → chronologicalContext → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Carolingian aristocracy → partOf → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

medieval Duchy of Normandy → vassalOf → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Duchy of Normandy

Saxons → conflictedWith → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Khan Omurtag → diplomaticRelation → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

Æthelwulf, King of Wessex → alliance → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Avar Khaganate → opponent → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Empire

House of Reginar → politicalAllegiance → Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Aquisgranum → associatedWithEntity → Carolingian Empire ⓘ