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Realm · 850–899

Middle Franks

Middle Franks appears on the map from 850 to 899. At its greatest recorded extent, in 850, it covered about 384,683 km².

One of the realms of Carolingian Empire. The Carolingians were the Frankish family who replaced the Merovingian kings in 751. Pepin the Short's son Charlemagne spent most of his reign at war, conquering the Lombard kingdom in Italy, the Saxons, Bavaria and the Avars, until he ruled most of western and central Europe.

See Middle Franks on the map in 850

Reference map: Lotharingia-959 with current borders
Reference map: Lotharingia-959 with current borders Helios2019 · CC BY-SA 4.0
On the map
850–899
Greatest extent
850, about 384,683 km²
Part of
Carolingian Empire
Read more
Wikipedia: Lotharingia · Wikidata Q6673921

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
850–859384,683 km²
899124,041 km²

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