CARLOVINGIAN DYNASTY
752 |
Pepin the Little (or Short) |
753 |
Pepin crowned by Pope Stephen II, “Patrician of the Romans.” |
754 |
Pepin confers the Exarchate of Ravina and the Pentapolis on the Pope |
768 |
Charlemagene (Charles the Great) and Carloman (brothers) reign together |
771 |
Carloman died |
774 |
Charlemagne crowns himself with the iron crown of the Lombards. Strugles with the Saxons Avars (Huns) subdued |
800 |
*Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne, “Emperor of the Romans” (Christmas day) |
814 |
Louis le Debonnaire (the Pious), son of Charlemagne crowned. He is a weak ruler and is dethroned and later reinstated. |
841-877 |
Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothaire joint rule |
843 |
Treaty of Verdun. France and Germany separated. Kingdom divided between the three brothers. |
843 |
Charles the Bald (France) |
Louis the German (Germany) |
Lothaire (Italy) |
855 |
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Louis II (to 875) Lothair II (to 869) Charles (to 879) |
876 |
Charles II the Bald |
Charles III the Fat (to 887) and Louis (to 877) and Carloman (to 877) |
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877 |
Louis the Stammerer |
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879 |
Louis III (to 882) and Carloman (to 884) |
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887 |
Eudes |
Arnulf (to 899) |
887 End in Italy |
898 |
Charles the Simple |
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899 |
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Louis the Child (to 911) |
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911 |
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End in Germany (911) |
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922 |
Robert |
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923 |
Rodolph |
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936 |
Louis d’Outremer |
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954 |
Lothaire |
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986 |
Louis le Faineant |
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987 |
End in France |
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* Bold and underlined = Emperors