Clovis
- first king of Franks to convert Christianity.
- Builds military forts under the noses of the roman.
- He continues building his power base
Charlemagne
- Charlemagne founded both the French and the German monarchies.
- Charlemagne expanded the frankish empire to rule a large portion of Europe
- brought many reforms to the Franks
- Charlemagne's mother was called "Bigfoot Bertha".
- brought people together by the Holy Roman Empire
Pepin the Short
- Successfully removed the lombards from rome,and gave lands to the pope
- Ties were strengthened between the catholic church and the franks
- Merovingian Dynasty came to an end when he took power with support of the Frankish nobles.
- He promised to offer his protection to the church
Credits:
Created with images by fusion-of-horizons - "byzantine crescent" • CircaSassy - "A brief history of mediæval and modern peoples (1899)" • CircaSassy - "A school history of Germany: from the earliest period to the establishment of the German empire in 1871 (1874)" • frozenchipmunk - "Pepin the Short" • Bernt Rostad - "Statue of Charlemagne"