frankish

The Egyptian sultan Saladin had captured Jerusalem from the Frankish crusader states in 1187.

They married Frankish women, adopted the French language, and soon started converting from Norse paganism to Christianity.

With Aquitaine under control, the Frankish  Emperor, Charlemagne, set his sights on Spain.

This act established what the Frankish Emperors  would eventually call the Holy Roman Empire.

But when he overextended himself with an attack on the cathedral city of Chartres in 911, Rollo's forces were given a bloody nose by the Frankish magnate Robert of Neustria.