Neustria
Neustria was the western part of the Kingdom of the Franks during the early middle ages, in contrast to the eastern Frankish kingdom, Austrasia. It initially included land between the Loire and the Silva Carbonaria, in the north of present-day France, with Paris, Orléans, Tours, Soissons as its main cities. The population was therefore originally largely Romanised.
Kingdom of Neustria Neustria, Neustrasia | |||||||||
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| 511–751 | |||||||||
| Status | Part of Kingdom of the Franks | ||||||||
| Capital | Soissons | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old Frankish, Vulgar Latin (Gallo-Roman), Latin | ||||||||
| Religion | Christianity | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Neustrian | ||||||||
| Government | Feudal hereditary monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 511–561 | Chlothar I (first) | ||||||||
• 741–751 | Childeric III (last) | ||||||||
| Mayor of the Palace | |||||||||
• 639–641 | Aega (first) | ||||||||
• 741–751 | Pepin III (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 511 | |||||||||
| 751 | |||||||||
| Currency | Denier | ||||||||
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| Today part of | France | ||||||||
The same term later referred to a smaller region between the Seine and the Loire rivers known as the regnum Neustriae, a constituent subkingdom of the Carolingian Empire and then West Francia. The Carolingian kings also created a March of Neustria which was a frontier duchy against the Bretons and Vikings that lasted until the Capetian monarchy in the late 10th century, when the term was eclipsed as a European political or geographical term.