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Group of realms · 462–849

Kingdom of the Franks

Kingdom of the Franks brings together several realms, from 462 to 849. At its greatest recorded extent, in 806, its lands covered about 1.32 million km².

One of the realms of Frankish Kingdom (Merovingian). The Franks were a group of Germanic peoples living along the lower Rhine who served as Roman allies. Clovis I of the Merovingian family united them, defeated the last Roman ruler in Gaul in 486 and the Visigoths in 507, and converted to Catholic Christianity, winning the support of the Gallo-Roman bishops and nobility.

See Kingdom of the Franks on the map in 806

Reference map: Map Gaul divisions 511-fr
Reference map: Map Gaul divisions 511-fr Romain0 · Public domain
On the map
462–849
Greatest extent
806, about 1.32 million km²
Part of
Merovingian Empire, Carolingian Empire
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Wikipedia: Francia · Wikidata Q146246

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
462–48928,611 km²
490–49928,568 km²
500–50928,612 km²
510–522536,853 km²
523–533536,451 km²
534–539694,011 km²
540–545732,985 km²
546–554733,000 km²
555–560732,954 km²
561–566724,616 km²
567–568684,143 km²
569–586684,391 km²
587–591684,391 km²
592–601684,265 km²
602–611691,784 km²
612–616617,369 km²
617–628680,937 km²
629–632598,013 km²
633721,359 km²
634–637721,311 km²
638–640721,270 km²
641–643680,889 km²
644–660625,009 km²
661–665137 km²
666–673132,942 km²
674–681444,710 km²
682–691444,549 km²
692–704453,327 km²
705–717453,304 km²
718–723469,503 km²
724–731362,487 km²
732–740733,112 km²
741–749760,554 km²
750555,519 km²
751–754555,674 km²
755–762566,460 km²
763–767577,820 km²
768–771726,174 km²
772–774740,220 km²
775–777980,049 km²
778–782945,241 km²
783–787942,497 km²
788–7921.23 million km²
793–7991.22 million km²
800–8051.28 million km²
806–8131.32 million km²
814–8241.30 million km²
825–8291.30 million km²
830–8391.26 million km²
840–8491.29 million km²

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