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The Treaty of Verdun (French: Traité de Verdun), agreed in August 843, divided the Frankish Empire into three kingdoms between Lothair I, Louis II and Charles II, the surviving sons of the emperor Louis I, the son and successor of Charlemagne. The treaty was concluded following almost three years of civil war and was the culmination of ...
- c. 10 August 843
Treaty of Verdun, (August 843), treaty partitioning the Carolingian empire among the three surviving sons of the emperor Louis I (the Pious). The treaty was the first stage in the dissolution of the empire of Charlemagne and foreshadowed the formation of the modern countries of western Europe.
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The Treaty of Verdun divided the empire that Charlemagne had built into three portions, which would be governed by his three surviving grandsons. It is significant because it not only marked the beginning of the empire's dissolution, it laid out the general boundaries of what would become individual nation-states of Europe.
"Treaty of Verdun" published on by null. (843)The peace made between the Frankish kings Lothar, Louis, and Charles, the grandsons of Charlemagne, who had been fighting a civil war. When their father, Louis the Pious, died in 840 he bequeathed them the united Carolingian empire, but the brothers could not agree on how to divide the inheritance ...
May 23, 2018 · Verdun, Treaty of (843) Agreement dividing the empire of Charlemagne among the three sons of Louis I (the Pious). Charles II (the Bald) received w France, Louis the German received Germany e of the Rhine, and Lothair I the central region from the Low Countries to Italy, as well as the imperial title.
Treaty of Verdun. Emperor Louis I (right) blessing the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 into West Francia, Middle Francia, and East Francia; from the Grandes Chroniques de France, 15th century. Signed. c. 10 August 843. Location. Verdun, Francia. Parties.
Sep 13, 2022 · Verdun, France. The Treaty of Verdun, agreed in August 843, divided the Frankish Empire into three kingdoms among the surviving sons of the emperor Louis I, the son and successor of Charlemagne. The treaty was concluded following almost three years of civil war and was the culmination of negotiations lasting more than a year.