East Francia

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East Francia was the eastern Frankish kingdom that emerged from the division of the Carolingian Empire and evolved into the core of the medieval German realm.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Frankish kingdom
medieval kingdom
borderedBy Kingdom of Italy (to the south, across the Alps)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy

Middle Francia / Lotharingia
Slavic territories to the east
West Francia
continent Europe
coreOf Holy Roman Empire (German kingdom)
linked to: Holy Roman Empire

medieval German kingdom
currency silver denarius
dissolved 10th century
ethnicallyAssociatedWith East Franks
linked to: East Francia

Franks
early medieval Germans
follows unified Carolingian Empire
foundedBy Treaty of Verdun
governmentType elective monarchy
feudal monarchy
hasCapital Aachen (periodically)
Regensburg
hasLanguage Latin
Old High German
hasReligion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Latin Christianity
hasTerritory Bavaria
Franconia
Lotharingia (intermittently)
Saxony
Swabia (Alemannia)
linked to: Duchy of Swabia
historicalRegion German stem duchies
inception 843
legalSystem Frankish law
linked to: Salic law

tribal laws of Saxons, Bavarians, and others
locatedIn Central Europe
Eastern part of the former Carolingian Empire
namedAfter Franks
partOf Carolingian Empire
predecessor Carolingian Empire
Eastern part of the Frankish Empire
ruledBy Arnulf of Carinthia
Carloman of Bavaria
Charles the Fat
Conrad I of Germany
Henry the Fowler
Louis the Child
Louis the German
Louis the Younger
linked to: Louis the German
significantEvent division of the Carolingian Empire at the Treaty of Verdun in 843
election of Conrad I in 911 as first non-Carolingian king of East Francia
election of Henry the Fowler in 919, marking consolidation of the German kingdom
successor Holy Roman Empire (German kingdom)
linked to: Holy Roman Empire

Kingdom of Germany

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Holy Roman Empire precededBy East Francia
Ludwigslied placeOfComposition East Francia
Muspilli placeOfOrigin East Francia
Carolingian dynasty hasPart Kingdom of East Francia
linked to: East Francia
Ottonian dynasty country East Francia
Ottonian dynasty partOf Medieval Germany
linked to: East Francia
East Francia ethnicallyAssociatedWith East Franks
linked to: East Francia
Carolingian Empire followedBy East Francia
Carolingian Empire dividedInto East Francia
Franks predecessorOf East Francia
Einhard birthPlace eastern Francia
linked to: East Francia
Kingdom of the Franks successor East Francia
Great Moravia alliedWith East Francia (at times)
linked to: East Francia
Great Moravia conflictWith East Francia
King of the Franks linkedToPolity East Francia
Duchy of Saxony partOf East Francia
Kingdom of Germany follows East Francia
Christian mission to Great Moravia opposedBy East Frankish Kingdom
linked to: East Francia
Battle of Lechfeld (955) belligerent Kingdom of East Francia
linked to: East Francia
Louis the German ruledTerritory East Francia
Treaty of Verdun createdState East Francia
Treaty of Mersen involves East Francia
Henry the Fowler monarchOf East Francia
Duchy of Franconia partOf East Francia
Duchy of Franconia country East Francia
Charles the Fat countryOfRule East Francia
Charles the Fat birthPlace East Francia
Bruno, Duke of Saxony politicalEntity East Frankish Kingdom
linked to: East Francia
Middle Francia borderedBy East Francia
Louis the Child country East Francia