The Origin of France, Germany and Britain

After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the Germans established a series of small feudal kingdoms on the ruins of the Western Roman Empire, and the Frankish Kingdom established by the Franks was one of them, which later developed into the Charlemagne Empire. Shortly after Charlie's death, his three grandchildren signed a treaty in Aachen, which divided the empire into three parts. Later, the west developed into France and the middle developed into Germany. In 987 AD, the Carolingian Dynasty of the West Frankish Kingdom perished, and big noble elected Hugh Capet, the Earl of Paris, as king, and established the Capet Dynasty. The Cape dynasty constantly strengthened centralization, and then experienced the Valois dynasty and Bourbon dynasty, forming the embryonic form of today's France. Otto I, King of the Eastern Frankish Kingdom, was crowned as "Emperor of Rome" by the Pope in 962, and established the "Holy Roman Empire", the first German Empire in history. Germany has long been divided up by vassals, including Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Hanover and Saxony. 170 1 year, Prussia became a kingdom. /kloc-After three dynastic wars in the 0/9th century, Prussia drove out Austria, unified Germany and established the Second Reich.

During the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, some Anglo-Saxons crossed the sea to England and established some small kingdoms, which merged with each other. Later, seven relatively powerful countries (Essex or East Saxon, Wessex or West Saxon, Sussex or South Sussex, East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria and Kent) were formed, that is, the "Seven Kingdoms Period" in British history, in 829 AD. 165438+In the middle of the 20th century, William, Duke of Normandy, obtained the right of inheritance from the king of England. 1066, conquered England and established the Normandy dynasty. Normandy was followed by Plantagenet, Lancaster, York and blossoming families. Elizabeth I of Dodo Dynasty never married, but after her death, she passed it on to her distant relative, King James VI of Scotland, that is, King James I of England, who was the first unified king of Great Britain. When Charles I, the son of James I, was in power, the bourgeois revolution broke out in Britain, and the British constitutional monarchy was formally established in 1683.

I sent it once in the afternoon, but the internet was rotten and I didn't send it. ...

PS: some fallacies upstairs: there were mainly seven kingdoms in Anglo-Saxon period, not eight; William the Conqueror is called "William I" in Britain, but in the blood of the Duke of Normandy, he should be "William II", not all his life; During the Norman Conquest, William only ruled England, the Plantagenet dynasty occupied Wales, and Britain was completely unified in James I.