1. carlovingians or Karlings, the name of the seconddynasty of Frankish kings, in succession to the Merovingian, which had become fainéant; boresway from 762 to 987, Pepin le Bref the first, and Louis V. the last; Charlemagne was the greatest of the race, and gave name to the dynasty.
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