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Middle Francia () was an ephemeral (843–855) Frankish kingdom. It was created after an intermittent civil war by the Treaty of Verdun in 843, given to Lothair I, the eldest son and successor of Louis the Pious. Lothair received Middle Francia and because of his seniority he was also given the Imperial title. His realm contained the imperial cities of Aachen, the residence of Charlemagne, as well as Rome. It was in its turn divided at the death of Lothair in 855, into three portions which would later become nominally part of the Holy Roman Empire: Lotharingia, the kingdom of Arles and the kingdom of Italy. Middle Francia was situated between the realms of East and West Francia, and comprised the Frankish territory between the rivers Rhine and Scheldt, the Frisian coast of the North Sea, the former Kingdom of Burgundy (except for a western portion, later known as ''Bourgogne'') and Provence, as well as parts of Italy. ==Partition of 855== In 855, on his deathbed at Prüm Abbey, Emperor Lothair I in the Treaty of Prüm apportioned Middle Francia amongst his sons. He bequeathed the lands in northern Italy, which extended as far south as Rome and Spoleto, to his eldest son, Louis II the Younger, crowned co-Emperor in 850 and sole Emperor in 855. This became the Kingdom of Italy. Most of the lands north of the Alps, comprising the Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and Germany, and what is now western Switzerland, passed to Lothair II and named Lotharingia, after its ruler. Charles received Upper Burgundy and Lower Burgundy and Provence, which became the Kingdom of Arles, after Charles' capital. Following the 855 partition, Middle Francia became only a geographic term. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Middle Francia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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