East Francia (Medieval 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.. The east–west division, enforced by the Germanic-Latin language …

The division of the Frankish kingdom among the sons of Clovis at his death in 511. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. ... Council, governmental body established by France in April 1663 for administering New France, its colony centred in what is now the …

Charlemagne was born in the late 740s near Liège in modern day Belgium, the son of the Frankish king Pepin the Short. When Pepin died in 768, his kingdom was divided between his two sons and for ...