The Carolingian Empire

UNIT 1&2

Kingdom of

the Franks

Frankish king were...

LAZY

MAYORS OF THE PALACE...

so.....

 

 

 

ruled the kingdom

The most important was...

CHARLES MARTEL

(nicknamed - The Hammer)

He stopped the Muslim invasion

of the Frankish Kingdom

in Battle of Poitiers (732AD)

 

In 751 - Pope Zachary

crowned him

King of the Franks

The first king of the

 Carolingian Dynasty

PIPPIN THE SHORT

CHARLEMAGNE

Charles Martel's grandson

In 768 - crowned

King of the Franks

He wanted to

restore the

Western Roman Empire

so he...

conquered various lands

In 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne

HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR

As Holy Roman Emperor CHARLEMAGNE

2) Divided the empire into

COUNTIES 

ruled by COUNTS

1) Established MARCHES

to separate the

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

from other territories

 Charlemagne’s son

In 814-840 King of the Franks

and

Emperor of the West

Charlemagne crowned

his son king

Divison of the Empire

Treaty of

Verdun

843

Empire divided

into three parts

 

• CHARLES THE BALD
• LOUIS THE GERMAN
• LOTHAIR

Treaty of

Verdun

843