In an effort to maintain his empire after his death Charlemagne divided it between his three legitimate sons to make it easier to administer and to provided to an inheritance for each. Despite his sons infighting the plan succeed for a ...See moreIn an effort to maintain his empire after his death Charlemagne divided it between his three legitimate sons to make it easier to administer and to provided to an inheritance for each. Despite his sons infighting the plan succeed for a time. The sons even negotiated the Treaty-of-Verdon in 843 formally dividing the kingdom between them. This division laid the ground work for the nations of France and Germany although the entire kingdom was again briefly unified under Charles the Fat. But the proliferation of heirs and external enemies again divided the kingdom. Written by
David Foss
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