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The Treaty of Verdun (French: Traité de Verdun; German: Vertrag von Verdun), agreed to on 10 August 843, ended the Carolingian civil war and divided the Carolingian Empire between Lothair I, Louis II and Charles II, the surviving sons of the emperor Louis I. The treaty was the culmination of negotiations lasting more than a year.
The Carolingian Empire is sometimes considered the first phase in the history of the Holy Roman Empire. [ 3 ] After a civil war (840–843) following the death of Emperor Louis the Pious , the empire was divided into autonomous kingdoms, with one king still recognised as emperor, but with little authority outside his own kingdom.
Partition of the Carolingian Empire after the 843 Treaty of Verdun. The stability and peace of Charlemagne's reign did not long outlive him. Louis' reign was marked by strife, including a number of rebellions by his sons. After Louis' death, the empire was divided among his sons into West, East, and Middle Francia by the Treaty of Verdun. [274]
The Carolingian Empire began to decline, and it is difficult to understand the significance of the treaty for them since that is when their decline began. While the renewals may or may not be like the original, each renewal has the potential to give historians insight into how the empires changed over the years and any new impactful events that ...
East Francia (Latin: Francia orientalis) or the Kingdom of the East Franks (Regnum Francorum orientalium) was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was created through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided the former empire into three kingdoms. [a]
The U.S. imposes its first unequal treaty on the dynasty. Treaty of Whampoa: China grants privileges to France. 1846 Oregon Treaty [note 108] Establishes the border between the British and American sections of the Oregon Country. Treaty of Lahore: Ends the First Sikh War between Great Britain and the Sikh Empire. Treaty of Amritsar
The identification as an "emperor governing the Roman Empire" rather than a "Roman emperor" could be seen as an attempt at avoiding the dispute and issue over who was the true emperor and attempting to keep the perceived unity of the empire intact. [12] The Carolingian Empire (green) and the Byzantine Empire (purple) in 814 AD.
The House of Flanders was the first dynasty to transform a county function of the Carolingian Empire into a hereditary fiefdom, the County of Flanders, falling under West Francia, created by the Treaty of Verdun in 843. [1] From 1051, the House of Flanders also reigned over the County of Hainaut, with Baldwin I of Hainaut.