WI No Charlemagne?

[NapoleonXIV]

Charles is killed at 15 in a hunting accident. Noone of comparable stature arises to replace him.

 

[Communist Wizard]

Charles is killed at 15 in a hunting accident. Noone of comparable stature arises to replace him.

I did this...
The Kingdom, I posited, would be small and fractureinto pieces. The Muslims could easily control it, but they go for southern France instead.

 

[Dan1988]

You have just prevented the creation of France and Germany.

 

[Kabraloth]

No overstretch in Italy. The Frankish Realm increases in size, but does inevitably fracture thanks to succession laws.
I think with a smaller size it could eventually reunify. It would still be larger than today's France.