Carolingian dynasty: Difference between revisions

[[The]] '''Carolingian dynasty''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|ær|ə|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|dʒ|i|ə|n}} {{respell|KARR|ə|LIN|jee|ən}};<ref>{{Cite book|title=Collins English Dictionary|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2018|isbn=978-0-008-28437-4|edition=13th|chapter=Carolingian}}</ref> known variously as the '''Carlovingians''', '''Carolingus''', '''Carolings''', '''Karolinger''' or '''Karlings''') was a [[Franks|Frankish]] noble family named after [[Charles Martel]] and his grandson [[Charlemagne]], descendants of the [[Pippinids|Arnulfing and Pippinid]] clans of the 7th century AD.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Carolingians}}</ref> The dynasty consolidated its power in the 8th century, eventually making the offices of [[mayor of the palace]] and ''[[dux et princeps Francorum]]'' hereditary, and becoming the ''de facto'' rulers of the Franks as the real powers behind the Merovingian throne. In 751 the [[Merovingian dynasty]] which had ruled the [[Franks]] was overthrown with the consent of the [[Papacy]] and the aristocracy, and [[Pepin the Short]], son of Martel, was crowned [[King of the Franks]]. The Carolingian dynasty reached its peak in 800 with the crowning of [[Charlemagne]] as the first [[Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor of the Romans]] in the West in over three centuries. His death in 814 began an extended period of fragmentation of the [[Carolingian Empire]] and decline that would eventually lead to the evolution of the [[Kingdom of France]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]].