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Dec 24, 650
The end of the Merovingian Period.
During this time Warlords were paid in land. This caused landowners range to increase dramatically. Soon the land extended farther than the size of their kings. Since most of the land had been divvied out they could no longer pay their war lords, which led to the demise of the Merovingian Empire. -
Dec 24, 732
Battle of Tours
Martel cemented his place in history with his defense of Christian Europe against a Muslim army at the Battle of Tours in 732 -
Dec 24, 751
King Peppin III
Pepin III accepted the nomination as king by Pope Zachary in about 751 -
Dec 24, 756
Ending Alliances
Pippen returns and end the close alliance between the Papacy and the Frankish Monarch -
Dec 24, 768
Peppin Dies.
768 at Pepin's death, Charlemagne took power. He did not become emperor until 800 -
Dec 24, 800
Carlingian Empire
"The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was the final stage in the history of the early medieval realm of the Franks, ruled by the Carolingian dynasty. The size of the empire at its zenith around 800 AD was 1,112,000 km², with a population of between 10 and 20 million people." -
Dec 24, 800
Charlemagne takes power
The beginning of the Carolingian era is marked by the coronation of Charlemagne, or Charles the Great by Pope Leo III at Christmas of the year 800 -
Dec 24, 813
Louis Rise
Louis was made co-Emperor in 813, and the entire Empire passed to him with Charlemagne's death in the winter of 814. -
Dec 24, 843
Treaty of Verdun
"Treaty of Verdun in 843 they agreed to divide the empire into three kingdoms. Francia Occidentalis in the west went to Charles II the Bald, Francia Orientalis in the east went to Louis II the German, and Francia Media, including the Italian provinces and Rome, went to Lothar, who also inherited the title of emperor." (Brittanica) -
Dec 24, 855
Lothar Splits land
Lothar died in 855, dividing his kingdom into three parts: the territory already held by Louis remained his, the territory of the former Kingdom of Burgundy was granted to his third son Charles of Burgundy, and the remaining territory for which there was no traditional name was granted to his second son Lothar II, whose realm was named Lotharingia. -
Dec 24, 879
Kingdom of Lower Burundy
Boso, Count of Arles founded the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy in Provence. -
Dec 24, 881
Charles the Fat
In 881, Charles the Fat was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor while Louis III of Saxony and Louis III of Francia died the following year. THiswas the recreation of the Charlemagne ea. -
Dec 24, 887
Empire Divide
The Empire of the Carolingians was divided: Arnulf maintained Carinthia, Bavaria, Lorraine and modern Germany; Count Odo of Paris was elected King of Western Francia (France), Ranulf II became King of Aquitaine, Italy went to Count Berengar of Friuli, Upper Burgundy to Rudolph I, and Lower Burgundy to Louis the Blind, the son of Boso of Arles, King of Lower Burgundy and maternal grandson of Emperor Louis II. The other part of Lotharingia became the duchy of Burgundy -
Dec 24, 888
Works Cited
Holy Roman Empire. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/place/Holy-Roman-Empire.
Holyromanempire. Carolingian Empire. Retrieved 03 July 2016. http://www.holyromanempireassociation.com/carolingian-empire.html -
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