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Europe in AD 814

AD 814 is the year Charlemagne died. This map shows the 38 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.

Map of Europe in AD 814 with 38 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Europe in AD 814

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Kingdom of the Franks
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Scandinavian minor kingdoms
  • Abbasid Caliphate
  • Khazaria
  • Emirate of Córdoba
  • First Bulgarian Empire
  • Rustamid dynasty
  • Aghlabid Dynasty
  • Kingdom of Mercia
  • Kingdom of Asturias
  • Idrisids
  • Dál Riata
  • Kingdom of Northumbria
  • Duchy of Benevento
  • Great Moravia
  • Principality of Nitra
  • Kingdom of Wessex
  • Georgia
  • Principality of Serbia
  • Kingdom of the Iberians
  • Breton Kingdoms
  • Obotrites
  • Viking settlements
  • Papal States
  • Brythons
  • Strathclyde
  • Duchy of Gascony
  • Cyprus Condominium
  • Emirate of Nekor
  • Kingdom of Gwynedd
  • Kingdom of Powys
  • Cornwall
  • Republic of Venice
  • Kingdom of Brycheiniog
  • Kingdom of Gwent
  • Kingdom of Morgannwg
  • Duchy of Naples

New on the map since AD 714

Abbasid Caliphate · Emirate of Córdoba · Rustamid dynasty · Aghlabid Dynasty · Kingdom of Asturias · Idrisids · Duchy of Benevento · Great Moravia · Principality of Nitra · Georgia · Principality of Serbia · Kingdom of the Iberians · Obotrites · Viking settlements · Papal States · Duchy of Gascony · Emirate of Nekor · Duchy of Naples

Gone from the map by AD 914

Kingdom of the Franks · Rustamid dynasty · Aghlabid Dynasty · Dál Riata · Great Moravia · Principality of Nitra · Breton Kingdoms · Duchy of Gascony

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Other regions in AD 814

The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.