Toward the close of the Carolingiandynasty France and Germany had become irrevocably detached; both nations suffered from internecine wars.
3
Early in the tenth century the Carolingiandynasty died out in Germany, and the German nobles then proceeded to elect their own kings.
Ús de Carlovingian dynasty en anglès
1
When the German branch of the Carlovingiandynasty became extinct the five German nations-Franconia ,Swabia ,Bavaria ,Saxony ,andLorraine-resolvedto make the German kingship elective.
2
Such was the geographical state of Germany at the close of the CarlovingianDynasty.