Carolingian civil war 840–843

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The Carolingian civil war of 840–843 was a dynastic conflict among the grandsons of Charlemagne over control of the Frankish Empire, culminating in its partition into separate kingdoms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
dynastic conflict ⓘ
chronologicalAfter reign of Louis the Pious ⓘ
chronologicalBefore further fragmentation of the Carolingian realms ⓘ
conflictType succession crisis ⓘ
countryInvolved Carolingian Empire ⓘ
endTime 843 ⓘ
era 9th century ⓘ
hasCause death of Louis the Pious ⓘ
dispute over succession to the Frankish Empire ⓘ
rival claims of Charlemagne’s grandsons ⓘ
hasContext Carolingian succession arrangements of 817 and 829 ⓘ
Ordinatio Imperii ⓘ
linked to: Ordinatio imperii

Treaty of Aachen (817) ⓘ
hasOutcome creation of East Francia ⓘ
creation of Middle Francia ⓘ
creation of West Francia ⓘ
partition of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
involves Frankish nobility ⓘ
ecclesiastical leaders of the Frankish Empire ⓘ
grandsons of Charlemagne ⓘ
languageContext Latin Christendom ⓘ
location Frankish Empire ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian Empire

Western Europe ⓘ
mainBelligerent Charles the Bald ⓘ
Lothair I ⓘ
Louis the German ⓘ
militaryAspect use of Frankish aristocratic warbands ⓘ
opponentOf Charles the Bald ⓘ
Lothair I ⓘ
Louis the German ⓘ
partOf Carolingian Empire history ⓘ
politicalConsequence decline of centralized imperial authority ⓘ
rise of regional aristocratic power ⓘ
relatedTo Charlemagne ⓘ
Louis the Pious ⓘ
religiousAspect involvement of bishops as mediators and partisans ⓘ
resultedIn emergence of distinct Frankish kingdoms ⓘ
weakening of imperial unity ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Fontenoy (841) ⓘ
Oaths of Strasbourg (842) ⓘ
Treaty of Verdun (843) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Verdun
startTime 840 ⓘ
successionClaimant Charles the Bald ⓘ
Lothair I ⓘ
Louis the German ⓘ

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Treaty of Verdun → conflictResolved → Carolingian civil war 840–843 ⓘ
Field of Lies (833) → politicalContext → Carolingian civil war ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian civil war 840–843
Battle of Fontenoy (841) → conflictOf → Carolingian civil war ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian civil war 840–843
Battle of Fontenoy (841) → partOf → Carolingian civil war of 840–843 ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian civil war 840–843
Battle of Fontenoy (841) → hasParentConflict → Carolingian civil war of 840–843 ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian civil war 840–843