A West Germanic people, who invaded Roman
Gaul from the Rhineland between the 3rd and
5th centuries AD. One of the Frankish tribes, the Salian Franks,
gained control of most of Gaul under their ruler Clovis
(d. 511) and were converted to Christianity. The Frankish state was ruled
by the Merovingian dynasty (named
after Clovis' grandfather, Merovech) until its replacement by the Carolingians
(named after Charlemagne) in 751. The
Carolingian empire lasted until its division in 843. The western Frankish
kingdom was the nucleus of France.
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