West Francia 3464935 225916358 2008-07-16T00:21:47Z GargoyleBot 6678853 Remove per [[Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2008_July_4#Template:Redirectstohere|TfD]]. {{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== {{Top}} * [[Middle Francia]] * [[East Francia]] * [[Kingdom of Germany]] * [[Kingdom of France]] * [[France in the Middle Ages]] * [[History of Aquitaine]] * [[History of Burgundy]] * [[History of Flanders]] {{middle}} * [[History of Gascony]] * [[History of Gothia]] * [[History of Septimania]] * [[History of Île-de-France]] * [[History of Toulouse]] * [[History of Catalonia]] * [[Medieval France]] * [[Franks]] {{bottom}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Cat also|West Francia|Former countries in Europe|Former monarchies of Europe| History of France by place| Medieval France| Former monarchies of Europe}} . 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