“Sure, I’ll take the middle part, it’s more important.” -Lothair I
by jackt-up
“Sure, I’ll take the middle part, it’s more important.” -Lothair I
by jackt-up
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Verdun
He also had the title of Holy Roman Emperor, so his brothers were nominally subordinate to him even if that didn’t work out in practice.
The Netherlands AND Northern Italy? I’d take it too
Partition succession was the bane of longevity.
And so the rest of French and German history was some level of beefing over Lothair’s land.