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Civil Wars and the Treaty of Verdun: Partitioning the Empire (840–875)

Civil Wars and the Treaty of Verdun: Partitioning the Empire (840–875)

  1. Louis the Pious dies, succession crisis begins

    Labels: Louis the, Succession Crisis

  2. Battle of the Ries opens Louis’s route west

    Labels: Battle of, Louis the

  3. Battle of Fontenoy shifts momentum against Lothair

    Labels: Battle of, Charles the

  4. Oaths of Strasbourg seal Charles–Louis alliance

    Labels: Oaths of, Charles the

  5. Treaty of Verdun partitions the Carolingian Empire

    Labels: Treaty of, Middle Francia

  6. Treaty of Coulaines limits royal power in West Francia

    Labels: Treaty of, West Francia

  7. Treaty of Prüm divides Middle Francia

    Labels: Treaty of, Lothair I

  8. Lothair I withdraws to Prüm monastery

    Labels: Pr m, Lothair I

  9. Death of Lothair I ends the first civil-war generation

    Labels: Lothair I, Death at

  10. Treaty of Meerssen partitions Lotharingia

    Labels: Treaty of, Lotharingia

  11. Emperor Louis II dies without a son

    Labels: Louis II, Death without

  12. Charles the Bald crowned emperor

    Labels: Charles the, Imperial Coronation