Frankish Empire Imperium Francorum | |
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481–843 | |
Coin of Charlemagne | |
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Status | Kingdom later an Empire |
Common languages | Old Frankish, Latin, various proto-romance languages |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Government | Hereditary monarchy |
King & later Emperor | |
• 481-511 | Clovis I |
• 814-840 | Louis the Pious (Last) |
Historical era | Middle Ages |
• Uniting all the frankish tribes under Clovis I. | 481 |
• Signing of the Treaty of Verdun and the following partition of the realm into three separate kingdoms | 843 |