Treaty of Meerssen

The Treaty of Meerssen was on August 8, 870 in Meerssen at Maastricht the Bald and the East Frankish king Louis the German closed ( in the present province of Limburg, The Netherlands ) between the West Frankish king Charles. He regulated the division Lotharingiens ( " that which belongs to Lothar " ), the empire of the deceased in 869 without legitimate heirs of King Lothair II, under his two uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German.

In order for the politically and economically important cities and areas Aachen, Holland and Alsace arrived at the eastern kingdom. The newly acquired eastern part of Lothar's kingdom was assigned to the part Reich Ludwig III. , A son of Louis the German and Charles the Bald nephews. The dividing line Lotharingiens went something along the rivers Meuse, Ourthe, Moselle, Marne, Saône and then through the Jura Mountains.

Charles II, the Bald, northern Italy, including Burgundy 875 can acquire and is crowned Roman Emperor.