Polity · 843 CE – 962 CE

East Franks

Regnum Francorum orientalium

Peak recorded area
730,869 km²
896 CE
Rulers on record
7
from 843 CE
Sources cited
2
see all

Overview

East Francia or the Kingdom of the East Franks was a successor state of the Carolingian Empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was established through the 843 Treaty of Verdun which divided the former kingdom of Francia into three kingdoms: Francia Orientalis ; Francia Media ; and Francia Occidentalis.

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Territory

13 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.

730.9K km²0850 CE910 CE

See the 896 CE borders on the map →

Rulers

7 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.

  1. Louis the GermanHead of State843 CE – 876 CE
  2. Charles the FatHead of State882 CE – 887 CE
  3. Arnulf of CarinthiaHead of State887 CE – 899 CE
  4. Louis the ChildHead of State900 CE – 911 CE
  5. Conrad I of GermanyHead of State911 CE – 918 CE
  6. Henry I the FowlerHead of State919 CE – 936 CE
  7. Otto I the GreatHead of State936 CE – 962 CE

Language & currency

Official & national languages
Latin
Currency
denarius, pfennig, solidus, Tremissis

Sources

Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.

  • Cliopatria

    Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).

  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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East Franks is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.

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