Franks

E67852

Germanic people historical ethnic group

The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes that rose to prominence in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, eventually forming the core of the Frankish Empire and laying foundations for modern France and Germany.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Franks canonical	85
Frankish people	5
Ripuarian Franks	3
Frankish Crusaders	1
Frankish confederation	1
Frankish settlers	1
Rhenish Franks	1
eastern Franks	1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Germanic people ⓘ historical ethnic group ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ
administrativeInnovation	count-based territorial administration ⓘ
battle	Battle of Soissons (486) ⓘ Battle of Tolbiac ⓘ Battle of Tours ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tours (732)
capitalUnderCharlemagne	Aachen ⓘ
capitalUnderEarlyMerovingians	Soissons ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
conversionCentury	5th century ⓘ 6th century ⓘ
convertedUnder	Clovis ⓘ surface form: Clovis I
coreTerritory	Eastern Gaul ⓘ Gaul ⓘ Lower Rhine region ⓘ Gallia Belgica ⓘ surface form: Northern Gaul Rhine–Meuse river system ⓘ surface form: Rhine River basin
culturalInfluence	foundation of medieval Western European culture ⓘ
culturalLegacy	influenced French language development ⓘ influenced German regional identities ⓘ name-giver of France ⓘ
economicBase	agrarian economy ⓘ
engagedWithEmpire	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire Western Roman Empire ⓘ
ethnicity	Germanic ⓘ
ethnogenesisPeriod	3rd century ⓘ 4th century ⓘ
expandedInto	Aquitaine ⓘ Bavaria ⓘ Burgundy ⓘ Gaul ⓘ Iberian Peninsula (border regions) ⓘ Lombardy ⓘ Northern Italy ⓘ Saxony ⓘ
formedConfederationOf	Germanic tribes ⓘ
formedCoreOf	Carolingian Empire ⓘ Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: Frankish Empire
languageFamily	West Germanic languages ⓘ
laterPoliticalStructure	empire ⓘ kingdom ⓘ
laterReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism Christianity ⓘ
legacy	foundation for medieval feudal structures in Western Europe ⓘ
legalTradition	Ripuarian law ⓘ Salic law ⓘ
majorDynasty	Carolingian dynasty ⓘ Merovingian dynasty ⓘ
militaryRole	major power in Western Europe ⓘ
modernSuccessorStates	Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
notableRuler	Charlemagne ⓘ Charles Martel ⓘ Clovis ⓘ surface form: Clovis I Pepin the Short ⓘ
originRegion	Lower Rhine ⓘ Rhine-Weser region ⓘ
politicalStructure	tribal confederation ⓘ
predecessorOf	East Francia ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
religion	Germanic paganism ⓘ
religiousPolicy	support of Latin Church ⓘ
roleInRome	foederati of the Roman Empire ⓘ
scriptReform	Carolingian minuscule ⓘ
socialStructure	free peasants ⓘ unfree dependents ⓘ warrior aristocracy ⓘ
spoke	Old Frankish ⓘ surface form: Frankish language Old Frankish ⓘ
subgroup	Franks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rhenish Franks Franks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ripuarian Franks Salian Franks ⓘ

Referenced by (98)

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

Western Roman Empire → borderedBy → Franks ⓘ

Viking Age → participants → Franks ⓘ

Tommy Franks → familyName → Franks ⓘ

Carolingian dynasty → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Roman–Germanic wars → mainBelligerent → Franks ⓘ

Morea → laterControlledBy → Franks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish Crusaders

Charlemagne → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

East Francia → ethnicallyAssociatedWith → Franks ⓘ

East Francia → namedAfter → Franks ⓘ

Franks → subgroup → Franks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ripuarian Franks

Franks → subgroup → Franks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhenish Franks

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains → belligerent → Franks ⓘ

Aetius → opponent → Franks ⓘ

Christianization of the Franks → mainParticipants → Franks ⓘ

Batavian people → relatedEthnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Kingdom of the Franks → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Low Franconian languages → namedAfter → Franks ⓘ

Outremer → hasPopulationGroup → Franks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish settlers

Christianization of Saxony → ethnicGroupInvolved → Franks ⓘ

King of the Franks → appliesTo → Franks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish people

King of the Franks → associatedEthnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu → belligerent → Franks ⓘ

Burgundian Kingdom (early phase) → conqueredBy → Franks ⓘ

Ingelger → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Chatti → possibleSuccessorPopulation → Franks ⓘ

Saxons → conflictedWith → Franks ⓘ

Saxons → wereChristianizedBy → Franks ⓘ

Narses → opponent → Franks ⓘ

Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → involvedEthnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

West Germanic peoples → hasSubgroup → Franks ⓘ

Huns → foughtAgainst → Franks ⓘ

Frank → hasVariant → Franks ⓘ

Robert the Old → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Great Migration → involved → Franks ⓘ

Merovingian dynasty → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Bernard of Italy → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish people

Saint Arnulf of Metz → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Treaty of Verdun → associatedWithPeople → Franks ⓘ

Salian Franks → subgroupOf → Franks ⓘ

Salian Franks → partOf → Franks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish confederation

Arnulf of Carinthia → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

limes Germanicus → attackedBy → Franks ⓘ

subject surface form: Limes Germanicus

Lothair I → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Frankish conquest of the Peloponnese → participant → Franks ⓘ

Frankish Greece → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Alaric II → opponent → Franks ⓘ

Carloman I → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Lombards → conqueredBy → Franks ⓘ

Pepin the Short → ethnicGroup → Franks ⓘ

Battle of Vouillé → belligerent → Franks ⓘ