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    v. t. e. 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]

  2. Henry the Fowler ( German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (c. 876 – 2 July 936 [2]) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 [2] and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non- Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is ...

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  4. Louis the German [a] (c. 806 [3] [4] /810 [2] – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany, [b] was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the Pious, emperor of Francia, and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, [5] he received the appellation Germanicus ...

  5. Jan 31, 2024 · As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, Henry the Fowler established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia. Henry was elected and crowned king in 919.

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  7. Apr 15, 2021 · That someone turned out to be Selena Quintanilla-Perez—the 23-year-old Tejana singer who had just become the first Latina artist to top the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with her predominantly ...

  8. May 19, 2021 · The Carolingian Dynasty (751-887) was a family of Frankish nobles who ruled Francia and its successor kingdoms in Western and Central Europe during the Early Middle Ages. The dynasty expanded from Francia as far as modern Italy, Spain, and Hungary, and ruled the eponymous Carolingian Empire (800-887), the largest European political entity to ...