Treaty of Verdun

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historical event treaty

The Treaty of Verdun was an agreement in 843 that divided the Carolingian Empire among Charlemagne’s grandsons, laying the foundations for the future kingdoms of France and Germany.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Verdun canonical	17
Treaty of Verdun (843)	4
Treaties of the Carolingian Empire	1
Treaty of Verdun in 843	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ treaty ⓘ
affectedRegion	Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: Frankish realms Western Europe ⓘ
allocatedTo	Louis the German ⓘ surface form: East Francia – Louis the German Middle Francia ⓘ surface form: Middle Francia – Lothair I West Francia ⓘ surface form: West Francia – Charles the Bald
associatedWithPeople	Franks ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	after the death of Louis the Pious in 840 ⓘ
conflictResolved	Carolingian civil war 840–843 ⓘ
createdState	East Francia ⓘ Middle Francia ⓘ West Francia ⓘ
dateSigned	843 ⓘ
dividedEntity	Carolingian Empire ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty of Mersen ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Meerssen further partitions of Carolingian territories ⓘ
governedSuccessionOf	Carolingian Empire ⓘ surface form: Charlemagne's empire
grandsonsOf	Charlemagne ⓘ
grantedImperialTitleTo	Lothair I ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ
involvedDynasty	Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
involvedPerson	Charles the Bald ⓘ Lothair I ⓘ Louis the German ⓘ
languageContext	Christendom ⓘ surface form: Latin Christendom
legalForm	partition treaty ⓘ
locationNowIn	France ⓘ
locationSigned	Verdun, France ⓘ surface form: Verdun
longTermConsequence	emergence of the Kingdom of France ⓘ emergence of the Kingdom of Germany ⓘ fragmentation of Carolingian unity ⓘ
partOf	Carolingian Empire history ⓘ
politicalContext	succession crisis of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
predecessorEvent	civil wars among Charlemagne's grandsons ⓘ death of Louis the Pious ⓘ
relatedTo	Capitulary of Quierzy ⓘ Treaty of Ribemont ⓘ
result	division of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
signatory	Charles the Bald ⓘ Lothair I ⓘ Louis the German ⓘ
signedInCentury	9th century ⓘ
significance	first major partition of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ foundation for later French–German frontier ⓘ
subjectOf	medieval European historiography ⓘ
year	843 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Carolingian dynasty → significantEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Early Middle Ages → notableEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Verdun in 843

East Francia → foundedBy → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Carolingian Empire → treaty → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Kingdom of France → establishedBy → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Treaties of the Kingdom of France → hasPart → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Kingdom of the Franks → significantEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Verdun (843)

Treaties of France → hasPart → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Louis the German → significantEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Verdun (843)

Treaty of Mersen → follows → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Treaty of Mersen → category → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaties of the Carolingian Empire

Charles the Bald → notableEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Lothair I → notableEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Lothair I → significantEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Verdun (843)

Kingdom of Lotharingia → significantEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Carolingian period → hasKeyEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Middle Francia → createdBy → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

West Francia → followed → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

West Francia → establishedBy → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

West Francia → notableEvent → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Ordinatio Imperii of 817 → relatedTo → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

Field of Lies (833) → relatedTo → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Verdun (843)

Charles II the Bald → signed → Treaty of Verdun ⓘ