Carolingian dynasty

Carolingian dynasty
Carlovingians
Carolingian dynasty; Carlovingians
	Autograph of Charlemagne
Parent house	Pippinids
Country	Carolingian Empire Austrasia ; Neustria ; Burgundy ; Alamannia ; Italy ; Aquitaine ; Bavaria ; Bohemia ; Saxony ; Brittany ; Thuringia ; West Francia; Middle Francia; East Francia
Founded	613 (as mayors); 751 (as kings); 800 (as emperors)
Founder	Pepin the Elder (as mayor); Pepin the Short (as king); Charlemagne (emperor)
Final ruler	Arnulf of Carinthia (emperor); Louis V of France (king); Adelaide of Vermandois
Titles	List Holy Roman Emperor ; King of the Franks ; King of the Lombards ; King of Italy ; King of Aquitaine ; King of Burgundy ; Duke of Bohemia ; Duke of Bavaria ; Duke of Maine ; Count of Vermandois ; Count of Valois ; King of East Francia ; King of Middle Francia ; King of West Francia ;
Dissolution	1120 (death of Adelaide)
Deposition	987 (death of Louis V)
Cadet branches	Lombard branch (extinct); Lotharingian branch (extinct); Aquitainian branch (extinct); German branch (extinct); French branch (extinct); Capetian dynasty (extinct);

The Carolingian dynasty (/ˌkærəˈlɪndʒiən/ KARR-ə-LIN-jee-ən;^[1] known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.^[2] The dynasty consolidated its power in the 8th century, eventually making the offices of mayor of the palace and dux et princeps Francorum hereditary, and becoming the de facto rulers of the Franks as the real powers behind the Merovingian throne. In 751 the Merovingian dynasty which had ruled the Franks was overthrown with the consent of the Papacy and the aristocracy, and Pepin the Short, son of Martel, was crowned King of the Franks. The Carolingian dynasty reached its peak in 800 with the crowning of Charlemagne as the first Emperor of the Romans in the West in over three centuries. Nearly every monarch of France from Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious till the penultimate monarch of France Louis Philippe have been his descendants. His death in 814 began an extended period of fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and decline that would eventually lead to the evolution of the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire.

^ "Carolingian". Collins English Dictionary (13th ed.). HarperCollins. 2018. ISBN 978-0-008-28437-4.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carolingians" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[1] "Carolingian". Collins English Dictionary (13th ed.). HarperCollins. 2018. ISBN 978-0-008-28437-4.

[2] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carolingians" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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Carolingian dynasty

Pippinids Pippin the Elder (c. 580–640) Grimoald (616–656) Childebert the Adopted (d. 662)
Arnulfings Arnulf of Metz (582–640) Ansegisel (d. 662 or 679) Chlodulf of Metz (d. 696 or 697) Pepin of Herstal (635–714) Grimoald II (d. 714) Drogo of Champagne (670–708) Theudoald (d. 741)
Carolingians Charles Martel (686–741) Carloman (d. 754) Pepin the Short (714–768) Carloman I (751–771) Charlemagne (742–814) Pepin the Hunchback (768–811) Charles the Younger (772–811) Pepin of Italy (773–810) Louis the Pious (778–840) Pepin I of Aquitaine (797–838)
After the Treaty of Verdun (843) Lothair I, Holy Roman Emperor (795–855; Middle Francia) Charles the Bald (823–877) (West Francia) Louis the German (804–876) (East Francia)
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