East Francia

E55380

Frankish kingdom medieval kingdom

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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Frankish kingdom → medieval kingdom →
borderedBy	Kingdom of Italy (to the south, across the Alps) → Middle Francia / Lotharingia → Slavic territories to the east → West Francia →
continent	Europe →
coreOf	Holy Roman Empire (German kingdom) → medieval German kingdom →
currency	silver denarius →
dissolved	10th century →
ethnicallyAssociatedWith	East Franks → Franks → early medieval Germans →
follows	unified Carolingian Empire →
foundedBy	Treaty of Verdun →
governmentType	elective monarchy → feudal monarchy →
hasCapital	Aachen (periodically) → Regensburg NERFINISHED →
hasLanguage	Latin → Old High German →
hasReligion	Catholic Church → Latin Christianity →
hasTerritory	Bavaria → Franconia → Lotharingia (intermittently) → Saxony NERFINISHED → Swabia (Alemannia) →
historicalRegion	German stem duchies →
inception	843 →
legalSystem	Frankish 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 →
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) → Kingdom of Germany →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Moravia ("East Francia (at times)") →	alliedWith
Einhard ("eastern Francia") →	birthPlace
Great Moravia →	conflictWith
Ottonian dynasty →	country
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor →	countryOfCitizenship
Carolingian Empire →	dividedInto
East Francia ("East Franks") →	ethnicallyAssociatedWith
Carolingian Empire →	followedBy
Carolingian dynasty ("Kingdom of East Francia") →	hasPart
Ottonian dynasty ("Medieval Germany") →	partOf
Ludwigslied →	placeOfComposition
Muspilli →	placeOfOrigin
Holy Roman Empire →	precededBy
Franks →	predecessorOf
Kingdom of the Franks →	successor
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor →	territorialFocus