Merovingians

A name given in reference to Charles Martel (the father of Pippin III the Short) and his grandson, Charles the Great: Charlemagne. It reigned up until the second half of the 10th century. Its most illustrious sovereigns were Charlemagne (768-814), crowned Emperor in the year 800, his son Louis the Pious (Emperor 814-840) and Charles the Bald, King and then Emperor of West Francia (840-877).