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See also:MERSEN (MEERSSEN), TREATY OF , a treaty concluded on the 8th of See also:August 87o at Mersen, in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, between See also:Charles the Bald and his See also:half-See also:brother, See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis the See also:German, by which the See also:kingdom of their See also:nephew See also:Lothair II. (d. 869) was divided between them. Charles received a portion of the kingdom of Lothair afterwards called See also:Lorraine, extending from the mouths of the See also:Rhine to See also:Toul, together with the See also:town of See also:Besancon, the Lyonnais, the Viennais, the Vivarais, and 'the Uzege, i.e. the lands acquired by Lothair II. in 863 at the See also:death of his brother Charles of See also:Provence; while Louis had the cities of See also:Cologne, See also:Trier and See also:Metz, together with See also:Alsace, the Escuens, and the Varais, i.e. the greater See also:part of the See also:diocese of Besancon. The boundary between the two realms was marked approximately by the valleys of the See also:Meuse and Moselle and by the See also:Jura. See also:Great importance has been attached to the determination of this frontier by some historians, who consider that it coincided with the dividing See also:line between the See also:Teutonic and See also:Romance races and See also:languages; but nothing is known of the bases upon which the negotiations were effected, and the situation created by this treaty came to an end in 879.
End of Article: MERSEN (MEERSSEN), TREATY OF
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