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Frisian Kingdom

600 – 734
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An early medieval Frisian polity on the North Sea coast, mainly in the present-day Netherlands, formed by new settlers (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) who repopulated the region after the ancient Frisii's territory became uninhabitable in the 3rd-5th centuries; ended when King Poppo was defeated by the Franks at the Battle of the Boarn in 734.

Defeated by the Frankish Empire at the Battle of the Boarn in 734; the Franks annexed Frisian lands between the Vlie and Lauwers, with Charlemagne later completing the conquest and imposing the Lex Frisionum.

Borders in 650 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Frisian Kingdom — the shape you scrub through changes in 600 · 650.

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