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unusual facts about West Francia


West Francia

He was probably crowned "King in Gaul" (rex in Gallia) on 20 May 885 at Grand.


Lower Lorraine

Lotharingia was divided for much of the later ninth century, reunited under Louis the Younger by the 880 Treaty of Ribemont and upon the death of East Frankish king Louis the Child in 911 it joined West Francia under King Charles the Simple.

Treaty of Meerssen

The Treaty of Meerssen or Mersen, concluded on 8 August 870, was a treaty of partition of the realm of Lothair II by his uncles Louis the German of East Francia and Charles the Bald of West Francia, the two surviving sons of Emperor Louis I the Pious.


see also

Ermintrude

Ermentrude of Orléans (823-869), wife of Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia Charles the Bald