See also:

• MERSEN (MEERSSEN), TREATY OF

MERSEN (MEERSSEN), TREATY OF  , a treaty concluded on the 8th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 87o at See also:

• MERSEN (MEERSSEN), TREATY OF

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
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles the Bald and his See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

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
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, by which the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of their See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew See also:

• LOTHAIR (825-869)
• LOTHAIR (941–986)

Lothair II . (d . 869) was divided between them . Charles received a portion of the kingdom of Lothair afterwards called See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, extending from the mouths of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine to See also:

• TOUL

Toul, together with the See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BESANCON

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

death of his brother Charles of See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence; while Louis had the cities of See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne, See also:

• TRIER (French Troves)

Trier and See also:

• METZ

Metz, together with See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace, the Escuens, and the Varais, i.e. the greater See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Besancon . The boundary between the two realms was marked approximately by the valleys of the See also:

• MEUSE
• MEUSE (Flem. Maes, Du. Maas)

Meuse and Moselle and by the See also:

• JURA
• JURA (" deer island ")

Jura . See also:

• GREAT

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

line between the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic and See also:

• ROMANCE

Romance races and See also:

• LANGUAGES

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 .