Peace of Koblenz

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Mural in the Brunnenhof in the old town of Koblenz with the depiction of the king's meeting on Whitsun 860

The Peace of Koblenz was the result of a royal meeting of Charles the Bald , Lothar II and Ludwig the German at Pentecost 860 in Koblenz . The reason for the meeting was the need to resolve conflicts between the three related rulers.

history

The five successor areas after the Prümer division 855

After the death of Louis the Pious , in the Treaty of Verdun in 843, his empire was divided into three parts for his sons: the west of France went to Charles the Bald, the middle empire and the imperial dignity to Lothar I, and the east of France to Louis the German.

Shortly before his death, Lothar I divided his middle kingdom in the division of Prüm into his three sons in 855 :

Around 860 there were five successor empires in the former domain of Ludwig the Pious, some of which also came into conflict with one another.

In 854 and again in 858, the East Franconian ruler Ludwig invaded the West Franconian empire at the request of West Franconian nobles and threatened Charles's rule there. In 859 Ludwig had to withdraw from West Franconia in view of the resistance organized by Archbishop Hinkmar von Reims - a close advisor to Charles the Bald.

Disputes between Karl, Ludwig and Lothar II led to an assembly of clerical and secular princes, which took place from June 5th to 7th, 860 in the sacristy of the Kastor Church in front of the city ​​walls of Koblenz. In this meeting the three rulers agreed on a peace treaty.

As early as 869, the conflicts between the successors of Ludwig the Pious broke out again after Lothar II had died and Karl tried to incorporate his former domain of Lotharingien into his West Franconian empire. In the Treaty of Meerssen , 870 Lotharingia were divided between the western and eastern empires.

literature

  • From the beginning of the earth's history to the end of the Old Kingdom . In: Lukas Clemens (Ed.): Kreuz - Rad - Löwe . tape 1 . von Zabern, Darmstadt, Mainz 2012, ISBN 978-3-8053-4291-9 .
  • Ernst Dümmler : History of the East Franconian Empire.
    • First volume: Ludwig the German to the Peace of Koblenz in 860 . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1960 (reprint of the 2nd edition from 1887; old but basic illustration).
    • Second volume: Ludwig the German from the Peace of Koblenz to his death (860–876) . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1960 (reprint of the 2nd edition from 1887; old but basic illustration)., Pp. 455ff
  • Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): History of the city of Koblenz . Overall editing: Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt; Vol. 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-0876-X .
  • Ludwig Petry (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 5: Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 275). Kröner, Stuttgart 1959, DNB 456882898 , p. 159.

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