Treaty of Mersen

Japanese: メルセン条約 - めるせんじょうやく
Treaty of Mersen

In 870, the East and West Frankish kingdoms concluded an agreement to divide the Kingdom of Lorthringen. After the death of Lothar I, who had acquired the throne and control of the Middle Frankish Kingdom (Lorthringen, Burgundy, and Northern Italy) by the Treaty of Verdun (843), his second son Lothar II inherited the Kingdom of Lorthringen. When the Carolingian line died out with the death of Lothar II in 869, West Frankish King Charles I annexed the Kingdom of Lorthringen. This act ignored the agreement between the East and West Frankish kingdoms concluded at Metz in 867, so East Frankish King Louis II tried to stop it by force, which almost led to war between the two kingdoms. However, a compromise was reached in Meerssen, northwest of Aachen, Netherlands, in 870, and Lorthringen and Friesland were divided into East and West Frankish kingdoms roughly along the line of the upper Moselle and lower Meuse rivers. However, conflicts continued and in 880, the East Frankish king Louis III gained western Lorraine as well by the Treaty of Libermont.

[Shosuke Hirajo]

[Reference] | Treaty of Verdun
Division of the Kingdom of Lorraine by the Treaty of Mersen
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The Treaty of Mersen established the Kingdom of Lorraine…


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Japanese:

870年、東西両フランク王国間で結ばれた、ロートリンゲン王国の分割協定。ベルダン条約(843)により皇帝位とともに中部フランク王国(ロートリンゲン、ブルグント、北イタリア)の支配権を獲得したロタール1世が死去したのち、次子ロタール2世はロートリンゲン王国を相続した。869年、ロタール2世の死によってカロリング家の王統が絶えると、西フランク国王シャルル1世はロートリンゲン王国を併合した。これは867年、メッツ(メス)で結ばれた東西両王国間の協定を無視した行為であったので、東フランク国王ルートウィヒ2世は、これを実力で阻止しようとし、両国間に戦端が開かれようとしたが、870年オランダ、アーヘン北西のメルセンMeerssenで妥協が成立し、おおむねモーゼル川上流とマース川下流の線に沿ってロートリンゲンとフリースラントとが東西両王国に分割された。しかし、その後も紛争が続き、880年のリベモン条約により、東フランク国王ルートウィヒ3世がロートリンゲン西部をも獲得した。

[平城照介]

[参照項目] | ベルダン条約
メルセン条約によるロートリンゲン王国の分割
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メルセン条約によるロートリンゲン王国の…


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