Western Francia and Eastern Francia(Holy Roman Empire)

Western Francia and Eastern Francia

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Time: 840s

Place: (Present Day France and Germany)

Details: By this point the territory of Charlemagne had been divided into several territories, and over the course of the later ninth century the title of Emperor was disputed by the Carolingian rulers of Western Francia and Eastern Francia, with first the western king (Charles the Bald) and then the eastern (Charles the Fat), who briefly reunited the Empire, attaining the prize; however, after the death of Charles the Fat in 888 the Carolingian Empire broke apart, and was never restored. According to Regino of Prüm, the parts of the realm "spewed forth kinglets", and each part elected a kinglet "from its own bowels".

‹ Earlier in historyOne Kingdom4th Millenium BC Later in history ›Louis the Pious deathWednesday Jun 20, 840

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