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West Francia extended further north and south than modern metropolitan France, but it did not extend as far east. It did not include such future French holdings as Lorraine , the County and Kingdom of Burgundy (the duchy was already a part of West Francia), Alsace and Provence in the east and southeast for example.
At this point, West Francia was composed of Neustria in the west and in the east by Francia proper, the region between the Meuse and the Seine. The Carolingians were restored ten years later in West Francia, and ruled until 987, when the last Frankish King, Louis V, died. West Francia was the land under the control of Charles the Bald. It is ...
Charles II received Francia Occidentalis (the West Frankish kingdom). Pepin II was granted the Kingdom of Aquitaine, but only under the authority of Charles. [7] Charles received all lands west of the Rhône, called West Francia. [8] It eventually became the Kingdom of France.
West Francia Middle Francia East Francia Spouse; Ermentrude of Orléans Queen of Aquitaine: 842–855 Queen of the East Franks: 843–869. Ermengarde of Tours Queen of Italy: 818–844 Queen of the Middle Franks: 843–851 Holy Roman Empress: 821–851: Emma of Altdorf Queen of Bavaria: 817–843 Queen of the East Franks: 843–876: Charles II ...
Partition of the Frankish Empire after the Treaty of Verdun 843. West Francia Middle Francia East Francia The division of the Carolingian Empire into West, Middle and East Francia at the Treaty of Verdun in 843 - with three grandsons of the emperor Charlemagne installed as their kings - was regarded at the time as a temporary arrangement, yet it heralded the birth of what would later become ...
Judith was born around 843 or in early 844 as the eldest child of Charles the Bald, king of West Francia, and his first wife Ermentrude of Orléans (823–869) and was named after her paternal grandmother, Judith of Bavaria. [1] She was a great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.
Lotharingia resulted from the tripartite division in 855 of the kingdom of Middle Francia, which itself was formed after the threefold division of the Carolingian Empire by the Treaty of Verdun of 843. Conflict between East and West Francia over Lotharingia was based on the fact that these were the old Frankish homelands of Austrasia, so ...
Queen of Western Francia 843–869 Succeeded by. Richilde of Provence This page was last edited on 20 January 2025, at 14:42 (UTC). Text is available ...