What is Francia?
{{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Franks | native_name = Regnum Francorum ([[Latin]]) | image_map = Franks expansion.gif | capital = [[Aachen]] | official_languages = [[Latin]] | religion = [[Catholicism]] | government_type = [[Patrimonial monarchy]] | leader_title1 = first king | leader_name1 = [[Clovis I]] | leader_title2 = last king | leader_name2 = [[Charlemagne]] | established_event1 = Clovis I became king of Franks | established_date1 = 481 | established_event2 = [[Charlemagne]] becomes the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] | established_date2 = 800 | established_event3 = [[Treaty of Verdun]] | established_date3 = 843 | status = [[Kingdom]] | life_span = 481–800/843 | p1 = Western Roman Empire | s1 = Carolingian Empire | today = [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]] }} [[File:Politically divided Gaul, 481.jpg|thumb|358x358px|Gaul, or the Frankish Empire, Founded in 481 AD, by Clovis l.]] '''Francia''' was a kingdom founded in 481 AD. It may also be called the '''Kingdom of the Franks''', '''Frankish Kingdom''', or '''Frankish Empire'''. It was first a province of the Western Roman Empire founded by [[Clovis I]]. Before that it was a Germanic state. After the [[Treaty of Verdun]] in 843, [[West Francia]] became the predecessor of France, and [[East Francia]] became that of Germany. [[Category:Former monarchies of Europe]] [[Category:5th-century establishments in Europe]] [[Category:480s establishments]] [[Category:840s disestablishments]]