Treaty of Verdun
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The Treaty of Verdun, signed in August 843, was the first of the treaties that divided the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms among the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious, who was the son of Charlemagne. The treaty, signed in Verdun-sur-Meuse, ended the three-year Carolingian Civil War.
See also
- Oaths of Strasbourg
- Treaty of Prüm (855)
- Treaty of Meerssen (870)
- Treaty of Ribemont (880)
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