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Appointed king of Franks in 754.
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In 771, Charlemagne became to soul ruler of the Frankish Kingdom, because his brother had died.
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Charlemagne set out to take western europe as his.
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Clovis, the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, rises to power.
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Charlemegne becomes king of the Carolingans in 800, crowned by Pope Leo III
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The Carolingian Dynasty lasted until 987, and was the successor Merovingian Dynasty
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By 491, Clovis had taken Rouen, Reims, Paris, and most of the west.
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By 486, Clovis was a Christian. He did this in part because it would help him gain faith from the Franks.
