WI: the Carolingians don't die out in France?

so what if, when Louis V dies in 987, instead of electing Hugh Capet to be the new King of France, the nobles decide to honor Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine's probable better claim to the throne (direct Carolingian) and make him King of France? and let's assume this decision holds, and the Carolingians continue in West Francia, for at least a little while longer.

how would this affect France, and its later development in the future? would the Angevins still rise, would France fracture into a bunch of feudal duchies, and what other effects would it have?
 
what do I do wrong that no-one ever responds to these? :eek:

but to further elaborate, I think that a Carolingian survival would mean that France would stay more centralized (as West Francia) than under the early years under the Capets. it would eventually start to decentralize though, and I can't imagine the dynasty lasting for much longer....
 
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