State

Frankish Kingdom

Also known as Franks, Frankish

The Frankish Kingdom was the realm of the Franks, a Germanic people who established power in Gaul after the fall of Rome, first under the Merovingian dynasty. Under the Carolingians it expanded into the Carolingian Empire, and its eastern part later became the core of the Holy Roman Empire.

Frankish Kingdom
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Frankish Kingdom. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/frankish-kingdom
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“Frankish Kingdom.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/frankish-kingdom. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Frankish Kingdom.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/frankish-kingdom.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Frankish Kingdom’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/frankish-kingdom (Accessed: ).

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