Lotharingia
Proper noun
Meaning
Lotharingia
A medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, comprising the Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands on the border between what is now France, Germany, and western Switzerland.
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In exchange for agreeing to make Henry II king of Germany, Henry II agreed to relinquish Lotharingia to Lothar.
The church dedicated to the veneration of Saint Ursus is first mentioned in 870. Medieval city Solothurn in 1548 During the Early Middle Ages, Solothurn was part of the Kingdom of Lotharingia (Lorraine).
In 868, at Metz they agreed definitely to a partition of Lotharingia ; but when Lothair II died in 869, Louis the German was lying seriously ill, and his armies were engaged with the Moravians.
Resistance to the Vikings, if any, came from local nobles, who gained in stature as a result, and that lay the basis for the disintegration of Lower Lotharingia into semi-independent states.
Italy was lost, Duckett, pg. 30 raiders from Moravia and Hungary were continually raiding his lands, and Lotharingia was in revolt against Zwentibold.
In 855, the northern section became fragile Lotharingia, which became disputed by the more powerful states that evolved out of West Francia (i.