What is Treaty of Verdun?
[[File:Carolingian Empire map 1895.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The three main divisions of 843.]] The '''Treaty of Verdun''' ([[843]]) happened two generations after [[Charlemagne]] and divided his empire into three parts. When Charlemagne's son [[Louis the Pious]] died in [[840]], his oldest son [[Lothair I]] said that he ruled his younger brothers and their lands. But his brothers [[Louis the German]] and [[Charles the Bald]] won the Battle of [[Fontenoy, Yonne|Fontenoy]] (841). == Division of the empire == Each of the brothers already had one kingdom - Lothair in [[Italy]], [[Louis the German]] in [[Bavaria]], and [[Charles the Bald]] in [[Aquitaine]]. * Lothair got the central part of the empire - what later became the [[Low Countries]], [[Lorraine (province)|Lorraine]], [[Alsace]], [[Burgundy]], [[Provence]], and [[Italy]]. * Louis the German received [[East Francia]]. Louis became of all lands to the east of the [[Rhine]] river and to the north and east of Italy. This area became the [[Medieval]] [[Holy Roman Empire]] and parts of it later became modern [[Germany]]. *[[Charles the Bald]] received [[West Francia]], which later became modern [[France]]. {{multistub|Europe|history}} [[Category:9th century in Germany]] [[Category:History of France]] [[Category:Treaties|Verdun]] [[Category:843]] [[Category:9th century in Europe]] [[Category:Verdun]]