Geographic HistoryMap of the Kingdom of the Franks
On the Geographic History map, the Kingdom of the Franks appears from AD 481 to AD 840. It reaches its largest mapped extent in AD 815: about 1 million km² across 128 provinces.
The Frankish kingdom was united by Clovis I, who became king around 481 and converted to Christianity. Under the Merovingian and then the Carolingian kings it grew into the leading power of western Europe, and Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome in 800. In 843 the Treaty of Verdun divided it among his grandsons, laying the foundations of France and Germany.
The source dataset also uses this name outside AD 481 - AD 843; this page counts only AD 481 - AD 843.
Mapped area over time
The Kingdom of the Franks on the world maps
Largest other states in AD 815
| State | Mapped area |
|---|---|
| Abbasid Caliphate | 7.2 million km² |
| Uighur | 4.2 million km² |
| Tang dynasty | 3.4 million km² |
| Tibetan Empire | 3.3 million km² |
| Cumans | 1.1 million km² |
| Oghuz | 1 million km² |
| Ghana Empire | 850 thousand km² |
| Khazars | 830 thousand km² |
About this map
Territory comes from the Chronas historical dataset used by the Geographic History app. Areas are approximate, computed from about 2,400 province shapes, and describe this map rather than official historical figures - border data for the ancient and medieval world is necessarily a reconstruction.
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