King of the Franks

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monarchical office royal title

King of the Franks was the medieval royal title held by the monarchs who ruled over the Frankish people and their territories in Western Europe, particularly in what later became the Kingdom of France.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Clovis I	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monarchical office ⓘ royal title ⓘ
appliesTo	Frankish people NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankish territories ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedInstitution	Frankish Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedLegalCode	Salic law NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedReligion	Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreTerritory	Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ Austrasia NERFINISHED ⓘ Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ Neustria NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalLegacy	foundation of medieval French monarchy ⓘ shaping of early medieval Western Europe ⓘ
firstDynastyToHoldTitle	Merovingians NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
historicalPrecursorOf	King of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Latin ⓘ Old Frankish NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterDynastyToHoldTitle	Capetians NERFINISHED ⓘ Carolingians NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedToPolity	East Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ West Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTitleHolder	Charlemagne NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles the Bald NERFINISHED ⓘ Clovis I NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagobert I NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Capet NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis the Pious NERFINISHED ⓘ Pepin the Short NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSystem	feudal monarchy ⓘ
predecessorTitle	King of the Ripuarian Franks ⓘ King of the Salian Franks ⓘ
region	Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	military leader of Frankish armies ⓘ protector of the Church ⓘ supreme ruler of the Franks ⓘ
successorTitle	King of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ High Middle Ages ⓘ
typicalLatinForm	Rex Francorum ⓘ
usedBy	Capetian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Carolingian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankish monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Merovingian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Reims Cathedral → firstRoyalCoronation → King of the Franks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clovis I

Count of Anjou → grantedBy → King of the Franks ⓘ

Duke of Gascony → hasFeudalObligationTo → King of the Franks ⓘ

Prince Louis of France → nobleTitle → King of the Franks ⓘ

Charlemagne → positionHeld → King of the Franks ⓘ

Philip II of France → positionHeld → King of the Franks ⓘ

Emperor Louis the Pious → title → King of the Franks ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis the Pious