Kingdom of Lotharingia

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Carolingian successor state former kingdom medieval polity

The Kingdom of Lotharingia was a short-lived medieval realm in the heart of Europe, stretching roughly from the North Sea to the Alps, that emerged from the partition of the Carolingian Empire and later became a contested borderland between East and West Francia.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Lotharingia	20
Kingdom of Lotharingia canonical	3
Lotharingia (intermittently)	1
Middle Francia / Lotharingia	1
Middle Frankish Kingdom	1
Parts of Lotharingia	1
Regnum Lotharii	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Carolingian successor state ⓘ former kingdom ⓘ medieval polity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lotharii regnum ⓘ Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ surface form: Lotharingia Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ surface form: Regnum Lotharii
borderlandBetween	East Francia ⓘ West Francia ⓘ
capital	Metz ⓘ
characterizedAs	short-lived medieval realm ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
dissolved	959 ⓘ
dividedInto	Duchy of Lower Lotharingia ⓘ surface form: Duchy of Lower Lorraine Duchy of Upper Lotharingia ⓘ surface form: Duchy of Upper Lorraine
extendsFrom	North Sea ⓘ
extendsTo	Alps ⓘ
firstRuler	Lothair II ⓘ
follows	Middle Francia ⓘ Middle Francia ⓘ surface form: Middle Francia (Lothair I’s realm)
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegionSuccessor	Lorraine ⓘ Lower Lorraine ⓘ Upper Lorraine ⓘ
inception	855 ⓘ
languageUsed	Latin ⓘ
laterControlledBy	East Francia ⓘ West Francia ⓘ
laterIntegratedInto	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
namedAfter	Lothair II ⓘ
partOf	Carolingian Empire ⓘ Middle Ages political geography of Europe ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
ruler	Charles the Bald ⓘ surface form: Charles the Bald (as overlord of western parts after partitions) Lothair II ⓘ Louis the German ⓘ surface form: Louis the German (as overlord of eastern parts after partitions)
rulingDynasty	Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
significantEvent	Treaty of Mersen ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Meerssen Treaty of Prüm ⓘ Treaty of Ribemont ⓘ Treaty of Verdun ⓘ
territoryIncludes	parts of present-day Italy ⓘ parts of present-day Switzerland ⓘ present-day Belgium ⓘ present-day Luxembourg ⓘ present-day Netherlands ⓘ present-day eastern France ⓘ present-day western Germany ⓘ
timePeriod	10th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Carolingian dynasty → hasPart → Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ

East Francia → hasTerritory → Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lotharingia (intermittently)

East Francia → borderedBy → Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Francia / Lotharingia

Wachtendonck Psalms → region → Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ