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Treaty of Verdun 843
The Treaty of Verdun, signed August 843, helped members of
the
Carolingian Dynasty come to an agreement.
What was going on?
Emperor
Louis I the Pious
died and Louis' sons fought each other for the inheritance.
Was it
worth it?
Louis I the Pious was the son of
Charlemagne.
Hence we're talking humongous inheritance, more or less central
Europe. See map below.
MAP OF EUROPE BEFORE THE TREATY OF VERDUN
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In June 841, the sons fought the Battle of Fontenoy. In 842, they fought the
Battle of Aix-la-Chapelle.
Finally, the boys were exhausted and concluded the Treaty of Verdun
in 843. The agreement was as follows:
Lothar I remains emperor. His territory will be
Francia Media.
Louis the German receives
Francia Orientalis and
Charles II the
Bald receives Francia Occidentalis.
In other words, Charles got the west,
Louis the east, and Lothar the middle strip that went all the way
down to Italy.
And on a map it looks like this:
MAP OF EUROPE AFTER THE TREATY OF VERDUN
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Map of the Treaty of Verdun 843
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