The 843 Treaty of Verdun divided his empire; grandson Louis II received lands east of the Rhine River
Prior to the death of Charlemagne, the Empire was divided among 
various ... Lothar II ceded lands to Louis II in 862 for support of a divorce from his 
wife,... [DOC] [TLE] Treaty of Verdun | France [843] | Britannica.com [PAR] Treaty of Verdun, (August 843), treaty partitioning the Carolingian empire ... his 
attempts to allocate substantial territory to the future Charles II (the Bald), his 
young ... Louis the German received Francia Orientalis, the land east of the Rhine 
River.