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1The Franks — The Franks † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Franks The Franks were a confederation formed in Western Germany of a certain number of ancient barbarian tribes who occupied the right shore of the Rhine from Mainz to the sea. Their name is… …
2Family tree of the German monarchs — The following image is a family tree of every king, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to William II in 1918. It shows how every single ruler of Germany was… …
3Military history of the Netherlands — History of the Netherlands This article is part of a series Early History …
4Salian Franks — Salians redirects here, for the eleventh century dynasty, see Salian dynasty, for Roman priests see Salii.The Salian Franks or Salii were a subgroup of the early Franks who originally had been living north of the limes in the coastal area above… …
5Salian dynasty — The Salian dynasty was a dynasty in the High Middle Ages of four German Kings (1024 1125), also known as the Frankish dynasty after the family s origin and role as dukes of Franconia. All of these kings were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor (1027… …
6Franks — The Franks or Frankish people ( la. Franci or gens Francorum ) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an ethnic group living north and east of the Lower Rhine. Under the Merovingian dynasty, they founded one of the… …
7FRANKS — the name given in the 3rd century to a confederation of Germanic tribes, who subsequently grouped themselves into two main bodies called the Salians and the Ripuarians, the former dwelling on the Upper Rhine, and the latter on the Middle Rhine …
8List of Frankish kings — The Franks were originally led by dukes (military leaders) and reguli (petty kings). The Salian Merovingians rose to dominance among the Franks and conquered most of Roman Gaul. They also conquered the Visigoths in 507. The sons of Clovis… …
9Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
10Toxandria — is the classical name for a region between the Meuse and the Scheldt rivers in the Netherlands and Belgium. The name is also spelled Taxandria. The Salian Franks that settled the area in the 4th century became known as Toxandrians. These tribes… …
