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Lothar I – the Middle Kingdom a range of territories from Frisia in the north to Spoleto in Italy in the south. The effects of this first great European treaty are still relevant to the political situation of Europe to this day. The boarder of 843 between West Francia and the Middle Kingdom in the north was along the Lower Scheldt.
Henry the Fowler (r. 919–936) took control of East Francia after the end of the Carolingian Dynasty. He was succeeded by Otto the Great (r. 936–973), whose creation of a state was partially the result of luck: his territory contained large silver mines that allowed him to finance an army.
Great Moravia (Latin: Regnum Marahensium; Greek: Μεγάλη Μοραβία, Meghálī Moravía; Czech: Velká Morava [ˈvɛlkaː ˈmorava]; Slovak: Veľká Morava [ˈvɛʎkaː ˈmɔrava]; Polish: Wielkie Morawy, German: Großmähren), or simply Moravia, was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavic to emerge in the area of Central Europe, possibly including territories which ...
Nov 16, 2018 · Definition. The Kingdom of West Francia (843-987 CE, also known as The Kingdom of the West Franks) was the region of Western Europe that formed the western part of the Carolingian Empire of Charlemagne (Holy Roman Emperor 800-814 CE) known as Francia or the Kingdom of the Franks. The region was once part of the land known as Gaul and when the ...
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.
The Kingdom of East Francia. The Treaty of Verdun in 843 created the Kingdom of East Francia. Within that kingdom were a handful of what were later called stem duchies: Bavaria, Franconia, Lotharingia, Saxony, and Swabia. The rulers of these, the dukes, had greater and lesser power during the several decades in which the Kingdom of East Francia ...
From 1982 to 2016, Alsace was the smallest administrative région in metropolitan France, consisting of the Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments. Territorial reform passed by the French Parliament in 2014 resulted in the merger of the Alsace administrative region with Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine to form Grand Est.
