Kingdom of the Franks

State · 462–849 CE · at its largest around 806 CE

The Frankish realm founded by Clovis I, which grew into the largest post-Roman state in western Europe and reached its height under Charlemagne.

Its battles, in Battle View

Battle of Tours (732 CE)

On its lands while it lasted

Trier (16 BCE – 1618 CE): Capital of Electorate of Trier (1333–1618).
Clovis I (c. 466 CE – 511 CE): King who united the Franks, converted to Catholic Christianity and made Paris his capital.
Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 CE): The Germanic general Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman emperor, at Ravenna, a date conventionally marking the end of the Western Empire.
Soissons (c. 476 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Soissons (476–486), Kingdom of Neustria (724–731).
Toulouse (c. 476 CE): Capital of Visigothic Kingdom (476–507), County of Toulouse (990–1249), Duchy of Aquitaine (990–1439).
Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 CE – 547 CE): Italian monk whose Rule for monasteries became the foundation of Western monasticism; he founded the abbey of Monte Cassino.
Tournai (c. 481 CE): Capital of Kingdom of the Franks (481–508).
Canterbury (c. 490 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Kent (490–762).
Pavia (c. 500 CE): Capital of Ostrogothic Kingdom (500–553).
Barcelona (c. 507 CE): Capital of Visigothic Kingdom (507–542), Catalonia (1640–1641), Second Spanish Republic (1932–1938).
Winchester (c. 534 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Wessex (534–927), Kingdom of England (936–1100).
Lincoln (c. 534 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Lindsey (534–625).
Battle of Tours (732 CE): Frankish forces under Charles Martel defeated an Umayyad army between Tours and Poitiers, halting Arab expansion into Gaul.
Charlemagne (c. 747 CE – 814 CE): King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe, was crowned emperor in 800 and promoted a revival of learning, the Carolingian Renaissance.
Coronation of Charlemagne (800 CE): Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor in St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Day, reviving the imperial title in the West.