![]() In the settlement, Lothair (who had been named co-emperor in 817) retained his title as emperor, but it conferred only nominal overlordship of his brothers' lands. ![]() Lothair I received Francia Media (the Middle Frankish kingdom).Partition of the Frankish Empire after the Treaty of Verdun 843.įrancia Occidentalis Francia Media Francia OrientalisĮach of the three brothers was already established in one kingdom: Lothair in the Kingdom of Italy Louis the German in the Kingdom of Bavaria and Charles II in the Kingdom of Aquitaine. The meeting happened shortly before August 10, as confirmed by a contemporary letter. After a bloody civil war, they defeated Lothair at the Battle of Fontenoy in 841 and sealed their alliance in 842 with the Oaths of Strasbourg which declared Lothair unfit for the imperial throne, after which he became willing to negotiate a settlement. Lothair's brother, Louis II, and his half-brother Charles II refused to acknowledge Lothair's suzerainty and declared war against him. He also supported his nephew, Pepin II's claim to Aquitaine, a large province in the west of the Frankish realm. When Louis the Pious died in 840, his eldest son, Lothair I, claimed overlordship over the entirety of his father's kingdom in an attempt to reclaim the power he had at the beginning of his reign as emperor. Lothair I was given the title of emperor but because of several re-divisions by his father and the resulting revolts, he became much less powerful. During his reign, he divided the empire so that each of his sons could rule over their own kingdom under the greater rule of their father. Following Charlemagne's death, Louis was made ruler of the Frankish Empire.
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