Territorial change of Francia (Kingdom of the Franks)

“Francia”(Kingdom of the Franks) — appears in this map’s data from AD 462 to 849. Its territory was largest in AD 806 – 813, at ≈ 1.32 million km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 462 – 489	≈ 29 thousand km²
AD 490 – 499	≈ 29 thousand km²
AD 500 – 509	≈ 29 thousand km²
AD 510 – 522	≈ 537 thousand km²
AD 523 – 533	≈ 536 thousand km²
AD 534 – 539	≈ 694 thousand km²
AD 540 – 545	≈ 733 thousand km²
AD 546 – 554	≈ 733 thousand km²
AD 555 – 560	≈ 733 thousand km²
AD 561 – 566	≈ 725 thousand km²
AD 567 – 568	≈ 684 thousand km²
AD 569 – 586	≈ 684 thousand km²
AD 587 – 591	≈ 684 thousand km²
AD 592 – 601	≈ 684 thousand km²
AD 602 – 611	≈ 339 thousand km²
AD 612 – 616	≈ 34 thousand km²
AD 617 – 628	≈ 681 thousand km²
AD 629 – 632	≈ 598 thousand km²
AD 633 – 633	≈ 721 thousand km²
AD 634 – 637	≈ 721 thousand km²
AD 638 – 640	≈ 721 thousand km²
AD 641 – 643	≈ 681 thousand km²
AD 644 – 660	≈ 133 thousand km²
AD 661 – 665	≈ 137 km²
AD 666 – 673	≈ 133 thousand km²
AD 674 – 681	≈ 445 thousand km²
AD 682 – 691	≈ 445 thousand km²
AD 692 – 704	≈ 453 thousand km²
AD 705 – 717	≈ 453 thousand km²
AD 718 – 723	≈ 470 thousand km²
AD 724 – 731	≈ 362 thousand km²
AD 732 – 740	≈ 733 thousand km²
AD 741 – 749	≈ 761 thousand km²
AD 750 – 750	≈ 556 thousand km²
AD 751 – 754	≈ 556 thousand km²
AD 755 – 762	≈ 566 thousand km²
AD 763 – 767	≈ 578 thousand km²
AD 768 – 771	≈ 726 thousand km²
AD 772 – 774	≈ 740 thousand km²
AD 775 – 777	≈ 980 thousand km²
AD 778 – 782	≈ 945 thousand km²
AD 783 – 787	≈ 942 thousand km²
AD 788 – 792	≈ 1.23 million km²
AD 793 – 799	≈ 1.22 million km²
AD 800 – 805	≈ 1.28 million km²
AD 806 – 813	≈ 1.32 million km²
AD 814 – 824	≈ 1.30 million km²
AD 825 – 829	≈ 1.30 million km²
AD 830 – 839	≈ 1.26 million km²
AD 840 – 849	≈ 1.29 million km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 806 – 813 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 462	≈ 29 thousand km²	46 of 54
AD 469	≈ 29 thousand km²	46 of 55
AD 476	≈ 29 thousand km²	47 of 57
AD 480	≈ 29 thousand km²	47 of 57
AD 490	≈ 29 thousand km²	46 of 55
AD 500	≈ 29 thousand km²	44 of 54
AD 510	≈ 537 thousand km²	11 of 53
AD 523	≈ 536 thousand km²	11 of 54
AD 534	≈ 694 thousand km²	7 of 56
AD 536	≈ 694 thousand km²	8 of 56
AD 540	≈ 733 thousand km²	8 of 64
AD 546	≈ 733 thousand km²	8 of 64
AD 555	≈ 733 thousand km²	7 of 67
AD 561	≈ 725 thousand km²	7 of 68
AD 567	≈ 684 thousand km²	8 of 68
AD 569	≈ 684 thousand km²	8 of 68
AD 577	≈ 684 thousand km²	7 of 70
AD 587	≈ 684 thousand km²	8 of 67
AD 592	≈ 684 thousand km²	7 of 70
AD 602	≈ 339 thousand km²	15 of 69
AD 612	≈ 34 thousand km²	42 of 68
AD 617	≈ 681 thousand km²	8 of 65
AD 623	≈ 681 thousand km²	9 of 69
AD 626	≈ 681 thousand km²	9 of 67
AD 627	≈ 681 thousand km²	10 of 67
AD 628	≈ 681 thousand km²	10 of 65
AD 629	≈ 598 thousand km²	11 of 68
AD 630	≈ 598 thousand km²	11 of 68
AD 633	≈ 721 thousand km²	10 of 69
AD 634	≈ 721 thousand km²	10 of 66
AD 638	≈ 721 thousand km²	10 of 71
AD 641	≈ 681 thousand km²	10 of 71
AD 644	≈ 133 thousand km²	27 of 74
AD 647	≈ 133 thousand km²	27 of 70
AD 656	≈ 133 thousand km²	25 of 69
AD 661	≈ 137 km²	67 of 68
AD 666	≈ 133 thousand km²	23 of 67
AD 674	≈ 445 thousand km²	9 of 69
AD 682	≈ 445 thousand km²	9 of 68
AD 692	≈ 453 thousand km²	11 of 67
AD 705	≈ 453 thousand km²	11 of 68
AD 710	≈ 453 thousand km²	11 of 69
AD 718	≈ 470 thousand km²	9 of 69
AD 724	≈ 362 thousand km²	12 of 69
AD 732	≈ 733 thousand km²	7 of 67
AD 741	≈ 761 thousand km²	6 of 71
AD 750	≈ 556 thousand km²	12 of 76
AD 751	≈ 556 thousand km²	11 of 77
AD 755	≈ 566 thousand km²	10 of 79
AD 757	≈ 566 thousand km²	11 of 76
AD 763	≈ 578 thousand km²	10 of 74
AD 768	≈ 726 thousand km²	8 of 75
AD 772	≈ 740 thousand km²	8 of 72
AD 775	≈ 980 thousand km²	6 of 73
AD 778	≈ 945 thousand km²	6 of 72
AD 783	≈ 942 thousand km²	6 of 73
AD 788	≈ 1.23 million km²	6 of 68
AD 793	≈ 1.22 million km²	6 of 78
AD 800	≈ 1.28 million km²	6 of 77
AD 806	≈ 1.32 million km²	6 of 73
AD 814	≈ 1.30 million km²	6 of 76
AD 825	≈ 1.30 million km²	7 of 77
AD 830	≈ 1.26 million km²	6 of 77
AD 840	≈ 1.29 million km²	6 of 80

Its highest rank was in AD 806: number 73 of 6.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Saxons — 49 frames
Bavarians — 40 frames
Bretons — 36 frames
Frisian Kingdom — 32 frames
Visigothic Kingdom — 31 frames
Kingdom of Italy — 29 frames
Duchy of Thuringia — 24 frames
Byzantine Empire — 16 frames
Aquitaine — 16 frames
Umayyad state of Córdoba — 15 frames
Papal States — 11 frames
Celtic Britons — 11 frames
Republic of Venice — 11 frames
Byzantine Empire — 10 frames
Duchy of Gascony — 10 frames
Duchy of Benevento — 9 frames
Frisia — 9 frames
Vendel Period — 7 frames
Kingdom of the Burgundians — 7 frames
Ostrogothic Kingdom — 7 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 30 by area (of 34 in total).

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 617	gained	Kingdom of the Burgundians	≈ 584 thousand km²
AD 674	gained	Aquitaine	≈ 312 thousand km²
AD 510	gained	Salian Franks	≈ 278 thousand km²
AD 612	lost	Kingdom of the Burgundians	≈ 230 thousand km²
AD 510	gained	Visigothic Kingdom	≈ 186 thousand km²
AD 732	gained	Aquitaine	≈ 182 thousand km²
AD 768	gained	Aquitaine	≈ 148 thousand km²
AD 775	gained	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 138 thousand km²
AD 666	gained	Aquitaine	≈ 133 thousand km²
AD 732	gained	Neustria	≈ 131 thousand km²
AD 788	gained	Bavarians	≈ 121 thousand km²
AD 534	gained	Kingdom of the Burgundians	≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 793	gained	Pannonian Avars	≈ 108 thousand km²
AD 633	gained	Aquitaine	≈ 83 thousand km²
AD 788	gained	Saxons	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 800	gained	Saxons	≈ 81 thousand km²
AD 778	lost	Saxons	≈ 73 thousand km²
AD 775	gained	Saxons	≈ 68 thousand km²
AD 617	gained	Frisia	≈ 64 thousand km²
AD 732	gained	Alamannia	≈ 57 thousand km²
AD 718	gained	Frisia	≈ 57 thousand km²
AD 830	lost	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 46 thousand km²
AD 510	gained	Ripuarian Franks	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 788	gained	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 43 thousand km²
AD 534	gained	Basina of Thuringia	≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 633	gained	Duchy of Thuringia	≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 724	gained	Duchy of Thuringia	≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 540	gained	Ostrogothic Kingdom	≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 840	gained	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 724	gained	Francia	≈ 32 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Germania Secunda · Western Roman Empire

Succeeded by: Carolingian Empire

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Kingdom of the Franks (Latin: Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom or Francia, was the largest post-Roman kingdom in Western Europe. It was established by the Franks, one of the Germanic peoples.

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