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State · 800 – 887

Carolingian Empire

A state of 800 – 887 — 87 years in Europe. It replaced Francia and Duchy of Brescia. It was replaced by West Francia, East Francia and Middle Francia. Its line of rulers holds 5 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
87 years
800 – 887
Rulers
5
the Emperor of the Carolingian Empire

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Francia: 481 – 843East Francia: 843 – 962West Francia: 843 – 987Middle Francia: 843 – 855Carolingian Empire: 800 – 887

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

  • Francia · replaces · 481 – 843
  • Duchy of Brescia · replaces

After it

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Charlemagne · 800 – 814 · no death date to read the end againstLouis the Pious · 813 – 840 · no death date to read the end againstLothair I · 817 – 855 · no death date to read the end againstCharles the Bald · 875 – 877 · no death date to read the end againstCharles the Fat · 881 – 887 · no death date to read the end against800820840860880
ending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Charlemagne800 – 81414 yearsending not on record
Louis the Pious813 – 84027 yearsending not on recordchild
Lothair I817 – 85538 yearsending not on recordchild
Charles the Bald875 – 8772 yearsending not on recordsibling
Charles the Fat881 – 8876 yearsending not on recordnephew or niece

5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 800 – 887. Median reign 14 years. 2 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood87 years

    stood longer than 44% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 43% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median14 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 45% of 1,083 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record5

    has more rulers on record than 60% of 2,060 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 8 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Duchy of Brescia · Linked · 568 – 774Duchy of BresciaFrancia · Linked · 481 – 843FranciaCarolingian conquest of the Spanish March · Linked · 759 – 851Carolingian conquest of the Span…Pepin of Italy · Coincidence · 777 – 810Pepin of ItalyLouis the Pious · Coincidence · 778 – 840Louis the PiousRabanus Maurus · Coincidence · 780 – 856Rabanus MaurusCarolingian Empire · 800 – 887Carolingian EmpireWest Francia · Linked · 843 – 987West FranciaEast Francia · Linked · 843 – 962East Francia5006007008009001000
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Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q31929 (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.