West Francia was the western part of the Carolingian empire, created when the Treaty of Verdun divided the empire of Charlemagne among the three grandsons. It was given to Charles the Bald and covered most of what is now France, while the central part and the eastern part went to others and became the origin of the later German lands. The kingdom was weakened by Viking raids, the growing power of local counts and dukes, and quarrels within the Carolingian family, so that kings often had little authority beyond their own domains. In 987, after the last Carolingian king died, the nobles chose Hugh Capet as king, founding the Capetian dynasty, and West Francia gave way to the Kingdom of France.
Before and after
- 834 CEOrigins of Sarkel
- c. 841 CEOrigins of Dublin
- from 843 CE to 962 CEEast Francia
- from 843 CE to 1707Kingdom of Scotland
- from 843 CE to 987 CEWest Francia
- August 843 CETreaty of Verdun
- from 25 September 844 CE to 11 November 844 CEViking raid on Seville
- c. 847 CEEruption of Churchill
- 848 CEConstruction of Great Mosque of Samarra
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The era
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