Francia, wanda kuma ake kira daular Franks, ita ce daula mafi girma bayan Rum a yammacin Turai.Franks ne suka mulki shi a lokacin Late Antiquity da farkon tsakiyar zamanai.Bayan yerjejeniyar Verdun a shekara ta 843, Faransa ta Yamma ta zama magabacin Faransa, kuma Gabashin Faransa ta zama ta Jamus .Faransa tana cikin masarautun Jamus na ƙarshe da suka tsira daga zamanin Hijira kafin rabuwarsu a shekara ta 843.Babban yankunan Faransanci a cikin tsohuwar Daular Roma ta Yamma sun kasance kusa da kogin Rhine da Maas a arewa.Bayan wani lokaci da ƙananan masarautu suka yi hulɗa tare da sauran cibiyoyin Gallo-Roman da ke kudu, wata masarauta guda ɗaya ce ta haɗa su ta Clovis I wanda ya naɗa Sarkin Franks a shekara ta 496. Daularsa, daular Merovingian, ta maye gurbinsu da sarauta. Daular Carolingian .Karkashin kusan ci gaba da kamfen na Pepin na Herstal, Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, Charlemagne, da Louis the Pious — uba, ɗa, jika, jikan jika da jikan jikan - mafi girman faɗaɗa daular Frankish ta sami amintaccen ta farkon karni na 9, kuma ta wannan lokacin ne ake masa lakabi da Daular Carolingian.A lokacin daular Merovingian da Carolingian daular Faransa ita ce babbar mulkin mulkin da aka raba zuwa kananan masarautu da yawa, galibi masu cin gashin kansu.Yanayin ƙasa da adadin ƙananan hukumomi sun bambanta akan lokaci, amma rarrabuwar asali tsakanin gabas da yamma ta ci gaba.Masarautar gabas da farko ana kiranta Austrasia, tana kan Rhine da Meuse, kuma ta faɗaɗa gabas zuwa tsakiyar Turai.Bayan yerjejeniyar Verdun a shekara ta 843, an raba Daular Frankish zuwa masarautu daban-daban guda uku: Faransa ta yamma, Faransa ta tsakiya da kuma Faransa ta gabas.A cikin 870, Faransa ta Tsakiya ta sake rabuwa, tare da raba mafi yawan yankunanta zuwa Yamma da Gabashin Faransa, wanda hakan zai zama ginshiƙan Mulkin Faransa na gaba da Daular Roman Mai Tsarki bi da bi, tare da Faransa ta Yamma (Faransa) a ƙarshe ta riƙe da mulkin Faransa. choronym.