Carolingian civil war
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The Carolingian civil war was a violent crisis over the succession to the Carolingian Empire following the death of Emperor Louis the Pious in June 840 and lasting until the Treaty of Verdun in August
Charles the Bald (Codex Aureus, 870)
Louis the German (Martyrology, c. 855)
Reverse of a coin of Pippin II, which reads AQVI TANIA
Forest of Othe, where Charles attempted to ambush the count of Paris and archbishop of Rouen in April 843
Treaty of Verdun
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The Treaty of Verdun, agreed to on 10 August 843, ended the Carolingian civil war and divided the Carolingian Empire between Lothair I, Louis II and Charles II, the surviving sons of the emperor Louis
Carolingian civil war
…war was a violent crisis over the succession to the Carolingian Empire following the death of Emperor Louis the Pious in June 840 and lasting until the Treaty of Verdun in August 843. Louis's eldest son, the emperor Lothar I, laid claim to an undivided empire, while his younger brothers Louis the German and Charles the…
Emperor Louis I (right) blessing the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 into West Francia, Middle Francia, and East Francia; from the Grandes Chroniques de France, 15th century
Treaty of Verdun Memorial at Fontenoy-en-Puisaye