Bavaria Slavica is a historiographic term used to denote the areas populated by West Slavic people (Wends) between the 6th and 12th centuries in Northeastern Bavaria. The Wends settled in Bavaria in several waves between the 6th and 9th centuries, and later in the 10th and 11th centuries. The settlement of loyal West Slavic Wends (and other minor) tribes was favoured under Frankish emperor Charlemagne.[citation needed] Later, the East Frankish Empire also settled largely Christianized Wends in rural or unpopulated regions, or in regions threatened by uprisings.