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East Francia
Country in Western Europe (843–962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East Francia (Latin: Francia orientalis) or the Kingdom of the East Franks (Regnum Francorum orientalium) was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was created through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided the former empire into three kingdoms.[lower-alpha 1]
Quick Facts Kingdom of the East FranksFrancia orientalis (Latin), Capital ...
Kingdom of the East Franks | |||||||||||||
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843–962 | |||||||||||||
![]() East Francia in 843 after the Treaty of Verdun | |||||||||||||
Capital | Various, including Frankfurt and Ratisbon (Regensburg) | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Medieval Latin Old High German Old Frisian Old Dutch Old Low German Slavic languages | ||||||||||||
Religion | |||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | East Frankish • East Frank | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
King of the Franks | |||||||||||||
• 843–876 | Louis the German (first) | ||||||||||||
• 936–962 (title held until his death in 973) | Otto the Great | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
843 | |||||||||||||
870 | |||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 962 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Pfennig | ||||||||||||
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The east–west division with the Treaty of Verdun in 843, enforced by the Germanic-Latin language split, "gradually hardened into the establishment of separate kingdoms",[1] with East Francia becoming (or being) the Kingdom of Germany[lower-alpha 2] and West Francia becoming the Kingdom of France.[2][3]