East Francia
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.
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 | Frankish Medieval Latin Old High German Old Frisian Old Dutch Old Low German Slavic | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
• Treaty of Verdun | 843 | ||||||||||||
• Treaty of Meerssen | 870 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 962 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Pfennig | ||||||||||||
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| History of Germany |
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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", with East Francia becoming (or being) the Kingdom of Germany and West Francia becoming the Kingdom of France.
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