Realm · 462–849
Kingdom of the Franks
Kingdom of the Franks appears on the map from 462 to 849. At its greatest recorded extent, in 806, it 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
- On the map
- 462–849
- Greatest extent
- 806, about 1.32 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Francia · Wikidata Q146246
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 462–489 | 28,611 km² |
| 490–499 | 28,568 km² |
| 500–509 | 28,612 km² |
| 510–522 | 536,853 km² |
| 523–533 | 536,451 km² |
| 534–539 | 694,011 km² |
| 540–545 | 732,985 km² |
| 546–554 | 733,000 km² |
| 555–560 | 732,954 km² |
| 561–566 | 724,616 km² |
| 567–568 | 684,143 km² |
| 569–586 | 684,391 km² |
| 587–591 | 684,391 km² |
| 592–601 | 684,265 km² |
| 602–611 | 339,118 km² |
| 612–616 | 33,716 km² |
| 617–628 | 680,937 km² |
| 629–632 | 598,013 km² |
| 633 | 721,359 km² |
| 634–637 | 721,311 km² |
| 638–640 | 721,270 km² |
| 641–643 | 680,889 km² |
| 644–660 | 132,986 km² |
| 661–665 | 137 km² |
| 666–673 | 132,942 km² |
| 674–681 | 444,710 km² |
| 682–691 | 444,549 km² |
| 692–704 | 453,327 km² |
| 705–717 | 453,304 km² |
| 718–723 | 469,503 km² |
| 724–731 | 362,487 km² |
| 732–740 | 733,112 km² |
| 741–749 | 760,554 km² |
| 750 | 555,519 km² |
| 751–754 | 555,674 km² |
| 755–762 | 566,460 km² |
| 763–767 | 577,820 km² |
| 768–771 | 726,174 km² |
| 772–774 | 740,220 km² |
| 775–777 | 980,049 km² |
| 778–782 | 945,241 km² |
| 783–787 | 942,497 km² |
| 788–792 | 1.23 million km² |
| 793–799 | 1.22 million km² |
| 800–805 | 1.28 million km² |
| 806–813 | 1.32 million km² |
| 814–824 | 1.30 million km² |
| 825–829 | 1.30 million km² |
| 830–839 | 1.26 million km² |
| 840–849 | 1.29 million km² |