West Francia
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{{Infobox Former Country
|conventional_long_name = West Francia
|common_name = West Francia
|continent = Europe
|region = Western Europe
|country = France
|government_type = Monarchy
|event_start = [[Treaty of Verdun]]
|year_start = 843
|event_end = [[Capetian dynasty]]
|year_end = 987
|p1 = Carolingian Empire
|s1 = Capetian France
|flag_s1 = Flag of medieval France.png
|flag =
|image_map = Western Empire-Europe870.JPG
|image_map_caption = The threefold division of the Frankish empire by the Treaty of Verdun in 843, showing West Francia on the left.
|capital = Paris
|common_languages =
|religion = [[Roman Catholicism]]
|title_leader = [[King of France|King]]
|leader1 = Charles the Bald
|year_leader1 = 843-877
}}
'''West Francia''' or '''West Frankish Realm''' (Western realm) or the '''West Frankish Kingdom''' was a short lived kingdom encompassing the lands of the western part of the [[Carolingian Empire]] that was placed under the undisputed control of Charlemange's grandson, [[Charles the Bald]] after the [[Treaty of Verdun]] of [[843]].{{nestright|[[Image:France 1154 Eng.jpg|200px|thumb|center|France during the [[High Middle Ages]] was not geographically much different than the Kingdom of the West Franks under [[Charles the Bald]].]]}}
The great realm and [[Frankish Empire]], once united by [[Charlemange]], was partitioned after a three year long civil war between his grandson's ([[840]]-[[843]]), during which Charles the Bald allied with his half-brother [[Louis the German]] in disputing the inheritance with his brother [[Lothair I]], the nominal [[Carolingian]] Emperor of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans (Charlemangne's title also used by the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperors]] from [[Otto I]] much later).
The [[Carolingian Empire]] of the [[Franks]] that had been founded by their grandfather lasted only through their father [[Louis the pious]]'s reign was after some skirmishing to little effect, split into [[East Francia]], the Western Realm, and [[Middle Francia]] from the great demense which had covered most of [[Lombardy|Northern Italy]] (Lombardy), [[France]] (excepting [[Brittany]]), the [[Low Countries]], and most of [[modern era|modern]] [[Austria]] and [[Germany]]. The West Frankish Kingdom is however, the precursor of both [[Medieval France]] and [[early modern era|modern]] [[France]], though West Francia would have to pass to the less quarrelsome [[House of Capet]] before it achieved steady growth and stability.
The western realm was divided into the following great fiefs: [[Aquitaine]], [[Brittany]], [[Burgundy]], [[Catalonia]], [[Flanders]], [[Gascony]], [[Gothia]] ([[Septimania]]), the [[Île-de-France (province)|Île-de-France]], and [[Toulouse]].
The [[Carolingians]] were subsequently to share the fate of their predecessors: after an intermittent power struggle between the two families, the accession ([[987]]) of [[Hugh Capet]], Duke of France and Count of Paris, established on the throne the [[Capetian dynasty]] which with its [[House of Valois|Valois]] and [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] offshoots was to rule France for more than 800 years.
After 987, the kingdom came to be known as France, because the new ruling dynasty (the [[House of Capet|Capetians]]) were originally dukes of the [[Île-de-France (province)|Île-de-France]].
==See also==
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* [[Middle Francia]]
* [[East Francia]]
* [[Kingdom of Germany]]
* [[Kingdom of France]]
* [[France in the Middle Ages]]
* [[History of Aquitaine]]
* [[History of Burgundy]]
* [[History of Flanders]]
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* [[History of Gascony]]
* [[History of Gothia]]
* [[History of Septimania]]
* [[History of Île-de-France]]
* [[History of Toulouse]]
* [[History of Catalonia]]
* [[Medieval France]]
* [[Franks]]
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==References==
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[[Category:History of Aquitaine]]
[[Category:History of Brittany]] <!-- Leaving these redlinks below in the schema History by place...
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[[Category:History of Burgundy]] <!-- pending? -->
[[Category:History of Flanders]] <!-- pending? -->
[[Category:History of Gascony]] <!-- pending? -->
[[Category:History of Gothia]] <!-- pending, but doubtful? Suspect is a historic name -->
[[Category:History of Septimania]] <!-- pending? -->
[[Category:History of Île-de-France]] <!-- pending? Quite likely, one would hope. -->
[[Category:History of Toulouse]]
[[Category:History of Catalonia]]
[[Category:Medieval France]]
[[Category:Franks]]
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