But the Vikings took advantage of the quarrels in the royal family caused after the death of Louis the Pious to settle their first colony in the south-west (Gascony) of the kingdom of Francia, which was more or less abandoned by the Frankish kings after their two defeats at Roncevaux.
Men vikingerne drog fordel af uoverenstemmelser i kongefamilien efter Louis døde, så de kunne etablerede deres første koloni i den sydvestlige del af Frankerriget (ved nutidens Gascogne), der var blevet mere eller mindre forladt af de frankiske konger efter deres to nederlag ved Roncevaux.