Treaty of Mersen

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The Treaty of Mersen was an 870 agreement that further divided the Carolingian Empire between the East and West Frankish kingdoms, shaping the political map of medieval Western Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement ⓘ
medieval treaty ⓘ
aimedTo settle succession to Lothair II ⓘ
stabilize borders between East and West Francia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pact of Meerssen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen

Pact of Mersen ⓘ
Treaty of Meerssen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
category 870 in Europe ⓘ
Treaties of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Verdun
concernsDynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
dateSigned 870-08-08 ⓘ
definesBorderBetween East Francia ⓘ
West Francia ⓘ
dividedRegionAlong Meuse River ⓘ
linked to: Meuse

Rhine River ⓘ
linked to: Rhine

Saône River ⓘ
Scheldt River ⓘ
linked to: Scheldt
follows Treaty of Prüm ⓘ
Treaty of Verdun ⓘ
grantedTerritoriesTo Charles the Bald ⓘ
Louis the German ⓘ
hasCause death of Lothair II ⓘ
dispute over Lotharingian succession ⓘ
historicalEra Carolingian era ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian period
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
impact contributed to formation of later French and German territories ⓘ
shaped political map of medieval Western Europe ⓘ
involves Carolingian Empire ⓘ
East Francia ⓘ
Lotharingia ⓘ
West Francia ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
LatinName Pactum at Mersen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
legalStatus dynastic partition treaty ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Limburg ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
partOf Carolingian partition treaties ⓘ
placeSigned Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ
Meerssen ⓘ
precedes Treaty of Ribemont ⓘ
result division of Lotharingia between East and West Francia ⓘ
expansion of East Francia ⓘ
expansion of West Francia ⓘ
reduction of the middle kingdom ⓘ
signatory Charles the Bald ⓘ
Louis the German ⓘ
subject division of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
partition of Lotharingia ⓘ
year 870 ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carolingian dynasty → significantEvent → Treaty of Mersen ⓘ
Louis the German → significantEvent → Treaty of Ribemont (880, consequences of his policies) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
Treaty of Verdun → followedBy → Treaty of Meerssen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
Treaty of Mersen → LatinName → Pactum at Mersen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
Treaty of Mersen → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Meerssen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
Treaty of Mersen → alsoKnownAs → Pact of Meerssen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
Lothair II → territoryPartitionedBy → Treaty of Meerssen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
Kingdom of Lotharingia → significantEvent → Treaty of Meerssen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
Charles II the Bald → signed → Treaty of Meerssen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen
Carolingian fragmentation → relatedTo → Treaty of Mersen ⓘ
Pact of Mersen → alsoKnownAs → Pact of Meerssen ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Mersen