![]() ![]() The treaty partitioned the empire for the second time. The outcome was the Oath of Strasbourg in 842 in which Charles and Louis once again allied against Lothair.Īfter much consideration the Treaty of Verdun on the Meuse was signed in August 843. The agreement finally to settle the issue militarily at Fontenoy-en-Puisaye, near Autun in Burgundy, in 842 led Louis and Charles to ally against Lothair and Pepin II, who decisively lost the battle. Civil war ensued among the brothers and severely weakened the prestige of both Crown and empire consequently the aristocracy gained greater power. When Louis died in 840 the inheritance issue remained unresolved. Pepin’s son, Pepin II Lothair and Louis rejected this decision. Soon before Pepin died, Louis proposed another partition in 837 and gave the Aquitaine, present-day southern France, to Charles. ![]() The inheritance issue remained problematic for the last few years of the lengthy reign of Louis. Pepin and Louis I again allied against Lothair and restored their father to power in 834. However all three sons met him and Louis once again was deposed. In 833 Louis met Lothair on the Field of Lies near Colmar, Alsace, to arrange a settlement. Fearing Lothair’s overlordship, Pepin and Louis restored their father to power. In 830 Lothair revolted and became sole ruler of his father’s empire. Louis I wished to change the dynastic succession to favor Charles and in 830 granted Charles some of the lands that had been part of the inheritance of Lothair and Pepin, who now felt threatened. The succession evolved into a dynastic crisis when Louis I married Judith of Bavaria in 820 and they had a son, Charles the Bald (823–877). ![]()
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