Verdun, Treaty of

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Verdun, Treaty of (843) Agreement dividing the empire of Charlemagne among the three sons of Louis I (the Pious). Charles II (the Bald) received w France, Louis the German received Germany e of the Rhine, and Lothair I the central region from the Low Countries to Italy, as well as the imperial title.

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