What is Middle Francia?
[[File:Partage de l'Empire carolingien au Traité de Verdun en 843.JPG|thumb|360px|Frankish Empire divided, the Middle Frankish kingdom of Lothair I - Lotharingia, Burgundy and Italy - shown in green]] '''Middle Francia''' was a [[Francia|Frankish]] kingdom formed by the [[Treaty of Verdun]] in 843. It divided the [[Carolingian Empire]] among the sons of [[Louis the Pious]]. Between the realms of [[East Francia|East]] and [[West Francia]], Middle Francia was the Frankish territory between the rivers [[Rhine]] and [[Scheldt]]. Middle Francia was the part of the Frankish Empire that fell to [[Lothair I]]. He was the eldest son and successor of Emperor [[Louis the Pious]]. Because of Lothair's [[Holy Roman Emperor|Imperial]] title, Middle Francia had the imperial cities of [[Aachen]], the residence of [[Charlemagne]], as well as [[Rome]]. In 855, Emperor Lothair I again split his realm amongst his sons. He gave the Kingdom of Italy with Rome to his eldest son, [[Louis II of Italy|Louis II the Younger]], crowned emperor since 850. Most of the lands north of the [[Alps]] went to [[Lothair II of Lotharingia|Lothair II]]. Provence and Burgundy went to [[Charles of Provence|Charles]]. Unlike East and West Francia, Middle Francia was a kingdom only a short time. Over the next centuries its lands were added into the Holy Roman Empire. {{multistub|hist|europe}} [[Category:840s establishments]] [[Category:History of Europe]] [[Category:850s disestablishments]] [[Category:Former monarchies of Europe]] [[Category:9th-century establishments in Europe]] [[Category:9th-century disestablishments in Europe]]