User:SolaceEaSw/FranciaKdM

Carolingian empire

 * 760-780
 * Rise of Charlemagne: On 741, a girl named Carol Caroling was born to a royal Frankish with Gallian origins, she was born with blue eyes and gray hair and was placed in red and blue robes. In Frankish contemporary society, women with Roman origins is not as respected as men. So her parents decided to give her a "pseudonym"; "Charles" and raised her like a son. Her Grandfather and father has ended the Merovingian dynasty after the dynasty could not produce any more heirs, instead replacing them as true kings of the Franks (or Francia). Allowing her to believe she would succeed to the throne, being first in line. When her father, Pepin the short, had died, her brother Carloman I succeeded him (partly because Charles was female in secret). Infuriated, she questioned why he had succeeded her when she was trained to be for the throne, only to found out her true gender but still kept it quiet. She spent time in the shadows and waited until after his death in 768, "Charles" succeeded her brother to the throne as King "Charles I", some say she had orchestrated his death. Between 768 and 773, she dreamt of reuniting Roma Occidental under Frankish rule, she spent 5 years orchestrating the unification of old Gallia (Armorica, Gallia, Burgundie, Massalia) through political intrigue she had learned through her brother's death in 768, but instead labeled it under the Frankish domain. This feat had allowed her to produce a new name "Charles Magnus" (which means the Great) or "Charlemagne".
 * Frankish Conquest of Italy/Italia by Charlemagne: One tribe named the Lombards wanted a home, in 774, she made a deal with them to allow her to becoming their King in exchange to help her conquer Italy (and parts east of it) in 774. In 774, she invaded Northern Italy with her Lombard allies, conquering the region. The city of Rome and Ravenna formally became independent as the "Papal State" to serve as a buffer states and territory for the Pope, the" de facto" figurehead/leader of Christianity. Leaving southern italy ripe for BYZANTINE or ATLASIEN ATTACKS. By 780, Charlemagne turned her sights to the states in Germania.
 * Byzantine Empire: Conquests of Southern Italy, Dalmatia and Dacia (765-780): Dacia was the first to be conquered and since it wasn't a subject of the Holy German Empire, it was deemed vulnerable ever since Roma Borealis fell apart. On 765 to 770, the kingdom was quickly absorbed into the self-proclaimed Roman Empire. She raised extra forces out of Dacia. By 774, when Charlemagne (the genderbent) was moving her conquests to take Italy, Justinian III took her chances to reabsorb the backstabbed kingdom that the Central Roman Empire formerly trusts during the Byzantine-Shapurid War when the Roman Empire began to crumble. An army of 50,000 were sent to take over what remains of the Western Roman Empire and integrating it with the message that "Rome will return", even though the Western Roman populace were confused by the proclamation being Greek, rather than Latin. Nevertheless, Roma Occidental was now confined to Sardinia for now. With the absorption of southern Italy and Dalmatia, the Roman Empire can see itself grabbing and take more troops than ever before in anticipation of an Atlas retaliation.
 * Westria: Unrest have been widespread among the Munich area and Germanic areas of the Archduchy causing internal conflicts and also that we won't be able to invade Escosia. It also has made us realise we can never win over Charlemagne. We decide it is best to become their vassal rather than fight we might be seen as a traitor by the Sanctum Imperium Germanium though but they are just a bunch of different small states what will they do?
 * 800-820
 * Charlemagne and Germania: Charlemagne accepted the vassalage of Westria. During the 2 decades, Charlemagne spent her campaigns conquering the states in Germania, slowly spreading her influence eastward all the way to modern Poland. By 800, Charlemagne had crowned herself Emperor of the West with the help of the pope. There may be plans to reorganize and fix the territories in Germania under a separate autonomous authority in order to deal with the movement of slavic tribes westward.
 * 820-840
 * The Paladins of Charlemagne: Charlemagne establishes the Paladins, inspired by the legends surrounding the knights of the round table. Outstanding heroes and soldiers were selected to be part of the initial 12 founding paladins. Some members include; Roland, Oliver,Archbishop Turpin, Ogier the Dane, Huon of Bordeaux, Fierabras, Renaud de Montauba, Ganelon, and Astolfo (Rumors say that Charlemagne took a liking to him and dressed him up with feminine attire)..

Split of Frankia

 * 840-860
 * Split of Frankia: After the death of Charlemagne in 814, "his" son, Louis the Pious. Louis the Pious' later reign was filled with succession crisises. He had 3 sons; Lothair I, Louis II, and Charles the Bald. All 3 sons were actively fighting eachother on who should succeed to the throne, leading to constant civil war within the Frankish Kingdom. At the death of Louis the Pious in 840, his reign ended on a high note. However, the question of who should succeed him left open as the sons disputed claims. This led to the 3 year civil war before the split of the Frankish Empire into 3 Kingdoms. Kingdom of Middle Frankia (owned by Lothair I) which consists of Northern Italy and the lands surrounding the Rhine river, the Kingdom of East Frankia (owned Louis II) which consists of the Germanian territory, and West Frankia (owned by Charles the Bald) which is basically France. Meanwhile, Frankish lands in Britain became virtually independent as the Kingdom of Kent after Frankish forces pulled out of it during the civil war between 840-843.