The 843 Treaty of Verdun divided his empire; grandson Louis II received lands east of the Rhine River
[DOC] [TLE] Treaty of Verdun - Wikipedia [PAR] The Treaty of Verdun, signed in August 843, was the first of the treaties that 
divided the Carolingian Empire ... Lothair's brother Louis the German and his half
-brother Charles the Bald refused to ... Louis the German received the eastern 
portion.