CARLOVINGIAN DYNASTY

 

752

Pepin the Little (or Short)

753

Pepin crowned by Pope Stephen II, “Patrician of the Romans.”

754

Pepin confers the Exarchate of Ravina and the Pentapolis on the Pope

768

Charlemagene (Charles the Great) and Carloman (brothers) reign together

771

Carloman died

774

Charlemagne crowns himself with the iron crown of the Lombards.

Strugles with the Saxons

Avars (Huns) subdued

800

*Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne, “Emperor of the Romans (Christmas day)

814

Louis le Debonnaire (the Pious), son of Charlemagne crowned.  He is a weak ruler and is dethroned and later reinstated.

 

841-877

Charles the Bald,  Louis the German and Lothaire joint rule

843

Treaty of Verdun.  France and Germany separated.  Kingdom divided between the three brothers.

 

843

Charles the Bald (France)

Louis the German (Germany)

Lothaire (Italy)

855

 

 

Louis II (to 875)

Lothair II (to 869)

Charles (to 879)

876

Charles II the Bald

Charles III the Fat (to 887)

and Louis (to 877)

and Carloman (to 877)

 

877

Louis the Stammerer

 

 

879

Louis III (to 882)

and Carloman (to 884)

 

 

887

Eudes

Arnulf (to 899)

887 End in Italy

898

Charles the Simple

 

 

899

 

Louis the Child (to 911)

 

911

 

End in Germany (911)

 

922

Robert

 

 

923

Rodolph

 

 

936

Louis d’Outremer

 

 

954

Lothaire

 

 

986

Louis le Faineant

 

 

987

End in France

 

 

 

* Bold and underlined = Emperors