East Francia was the eastern part of the Carolingian Empire after it was divided by the Treaty of Verdun among the grandsons of Charlemagne. It was given to Louis the German and covered the lands east of the Rhine, with the duchies of Saxony, Bavaria, Swabia and Franconia, populated by Germanic peoples. It is regarded as the forerunner of the medieval Kingdom of Germany. After the Carolingian line died out, the dukes elected a new king, Conrad of Franconia, and then Henry the Fowler of Saxony. Henry's son Otto I defeated the Magyars at the Lechfeld and was crowned emperor in Rome, which is taken as the start of the Holy Roman Empire.
Before and after
- c. 830sThe House of Wisdom flourishes in Baghdad
- from 833 CE to 907 CEGreat Moravia
- 834 CEOrigins of Sarkel
- c. 841 CEOrigins of Dublin
- from 843 CE to 962 CEEast Francia
- from 843 CE to 1707Kingdom of Scotland
- from 843 CE to 987 CEWest Francia
- August 843 CETreaty of Verdun
- from 25 September 844 CE to 11 November 844 CEViking raid on Seville
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The era
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