Kingdom of the Franks

E93440
early medieval polity historical state monarchy

The Kingdom of the Franks was a powerful early medieval Frankish realm in Western Europe that laid the foundations for modern France and Germany under dynasties such as the Merovingians and Carolingians.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Frankish Kingdom 47
Frankish Empire 27
Kingdom of the Franks canonical 24

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval polity ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
capital Aachen ⓘ
Metz ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Soissons ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
currency denarius ⓘ
gold solidus ⓘ
endTime 9th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Franks ⓘ
foundedBy Clovis ⓘ
surface form: Clovis I
governmentForm hereditary monarchy ⓘ
historicalRole foundation of medieval Western Christendom ⓘ
precursor of France ⓘ
precursor of Germany ⓘ
importantInstitution Frankish monasteries ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Church

Palace mayoralty ⓘ
language Old Frankish ⓘ
Vulgar Latin ⓘ
legalSystem Salic law ⓘ
modernCountryOnTerritory Austria ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
notableRuler Charlemagne ⓘ
Charles Martel ⓘ
Clovis ⓘ
surface form: Clovis I

Dagobert I ⓘ
Emperor Louis the Pious ⓘ
surface form: Louis the Pious

Pepin the Short ⓘ
predecessor Gaul ⓘ
surface form: Roman Gaul

Western Roman Empire ⓘ
region Western Europe ⓘ
religion Arianism ⓘ
surface form: Arian Christianity

Germanic paganism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
Merovingian dynasty ⓘ
significantEvent Christianization of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Baptism of Clovis I

Battle of Soissons (486) ⓘ
Battle of Tolbiac ⓘ
Battle of Tours ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Tours (732)

imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 ⓘ
surface form: Coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor (800)

Treaty of Verdun ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Verdun (843)
startTime 5th century ⓘ
c. 481 ⓘ
successor Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
East Francia ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Burgundian Kingdom (early phase) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Burgundy

Kingdom of France ⓘ
Middle Francia ⓘ
territoryIncludes Alsace ⓘ
Aquitaine ⓘ
Austrasia ⓘ
Bavaria ⓘ
Burgundy ⓘ
Catalonia ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ
Frisia ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
West Francia ⓘ
surface form: Neustria

Provence ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
Thuringia ⓘ

Referenced by (133)

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

Council of Orange (529) → country → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Kings of France → predecessor → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kings of the Franks
Rollo → historicalRegion → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Francia
Latin West → includesRegion → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish realms
Gaul → laterBecame → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Carolingian dynasty → hasPart → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Kingdom of the Lombards → successor → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Battle of Tours → combatant1 → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Battle of Tours → involvedTerritory → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Charlemagne → birthPlace → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Charlemagne → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Carolingian Empire → precededBy → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom under the Merovingians
Carolingian Empire → precededBy → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Emperor Louis the Pious → birthPlace → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis the Pious
Old Frankish → spokenIn → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Franks → formedCoreOf → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Paul the Deacon → wroteAbout → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish kingdom
Duke of Gascony → usedIn → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Christianization of the Balkans → hasInfluence → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Christianization of the Franks → location → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Second Council of Orange → country → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Christianization of Saxony → countryInvolved → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Saxon Wars → location → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Saxon Wars → belligerent → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
King of the Franks → usedBy → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish monarchy
King of the Franks → country → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
King of the Franks → linkedToPolity → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Sequence of Saint Eulalia → countryOfOrigin → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Salic law → legalSystem → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Bishopric of Maastricht → country → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Burgundian Kingdom (early phase) → successor → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Carolingian Christianity → geographicRegion → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish realms
Heliand → countryOfOrigin → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
diocese of the Gauls → successorPolities → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
subject surface form: Diocese of the Gauls
this entity surface form: Frankish kingdoms
Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → signatoryParty → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Hugh Capet → monarchOf → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls → followedBy → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
Belgica Prima → succeededBy → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish kingdoms
Ingelberga of Aquitaine → region → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish realms
Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom → mainParticipant → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Merovingian dynasty → country → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Saint Arnulf of Metz → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Treaty of Verdun → affectedRegion → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish realms
Salian Franks → mergedInto → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish kingdom of Clovis I
Charles Martel → birthPlace → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Charles Martel → deathPlace → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Charles Martel → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Kingdom
Charles Martel → notableWork → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Consolidation of Frankish realms
Charles the Bald → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish Empire
Main River region → laterIntegratedInto → Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish realm