Frankish may refer to: *

Franks file:Frankish arms.JPG, Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks ( or ; ; ) were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine river, Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which wa ...

, a Germanic tribe and their culture **

Frankish language Frankish (language reconstruction, reconstructed endonym: *), also known as Old Franconian or Old Frankish, was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the 5th to 10th centuries. Franks under king Chlodio settled in Roman Gaul ...

or its modern descendants,

Franconian languages Franconian or Frankish is a collective term traditionally used by linguists to refer to many West Germanic languages, some of which are spoken in what formed the historical core area of Francia during the Early Middle Ages. Linguistically, it ha ...

, a group of Low Germanic languages also commonly referred to as "Frankish" varieties *

Francia The Kingdom of the Franks (), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, or just Francia, was the largest History of the Roman Empire, post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Franks, Frankish Merovingian dynasty, Merovingi ...

, a post-Roman state in France and Germany *

East Francia East Francia (Latin: ) or the Kingdom of the East Franks () was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire created in 843 and ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was established through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided the for ...

, the successor state to Francia in Germany *

West Francia In medieval historiography, West Francia (Medieval Latin: ) or the Kingdom of the West Franks () constitutes the initial stage of the Kingdom of France and extends from the year 843, from the Treaty of Verdun, to 987, the beginning of the Capet ...

, the successor state to Francia in France *

Crusaders The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Papacy during the Middle Ages. The most prominent of these were the campaigns to the Holy Land aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and its surrounding ...

Levantines (Latin Christians) The Latin Church of the Catholic Church has several dispersed populations of members in the Middle East, notably in Turkey, Cyprus and the Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan). Latin Catholics employ the Latin liturgical rites, in contras ...

Family name

Ernest Frankish Ernest Frankish (4 July 1876 – 22 January 1962) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in five first-class matches for Canterbury from 1903 to 1906. See also * List of Canterbury representative cricketers This is a list of all cricke ...

(1876–1962), New Zealand cricketer * Keith Frankish (born 1962), British philosopher * Kevin Frankish, Canadian television presenter and media personality * Pat Frankish, British psychologist and psychotherapist *

Ronald Frankish Ronald Frankish (6 October 1925 – 17 October 2013) was an Australian cricketer. He played nineteen first-class matches for Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Oce ...

(1925–2013), Australian cricketer *

Stanley Frankish Frank Stanley Frankish (2 November 1872 – 30 May 1909) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury cricket team, Canterbury from 1894 to 1903, and played for New Zealand cricket team, New Zealand in the days before New Zealan ...

(1872–1909), New Zealand cricketer