751 – 987
Carolingians
15portraits
From Pepin the Short to Louis V: Charlemagne’s dynasty. You can read the break-up of the empire in this run of faces, which already includes three kings elected from outside the line — Odo, Robert I and Rudolph.
Carolingians

Pepin the Short
714–768 · reigned 751–768

Charlemagne
742–814 · reigned 768–814

Louis the Pious
778–840 · reigned 814–840

Charles the Bald
823–877 · reigned 840–877

Louis the Stammerer
846–879 · reigned 877–879

Louis III
863–882 · reigned 879–882

Carloman II
867–884 · reigned 879–884

Charles the Fat
839–888 · reigned 884–887

Odo
852–898 · reigned 888–898

Charles the Simple
879–929 · reigned 898–922

Robert I
860–923 · reigned 922–923

Rudolph (Raoul)
890–936 · reigned 923–936

Louis IV d’Outremer
920–954 · reigned 936–954

Lothair
941–986 · reigned 954–986

Louis V
967–987 · reigned 986–987