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Arnulf of Carinthia overthrew his uncle Emperor Charles the Fat to become the Carolingian king of East Francia.
Establishment
November 887: In late 887, emperor Charles the Fat's nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia revolted and assumed the title as King of the East Franks.
Chronology
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The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.
1.1.Secession of East Francia
In late 887, Charles the Fat's nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia revolted and assumed the title of King of the East Franks.
1.2.German Invasion of Italy
Arnulf of East Francia invaded Italy.
July 894: Invoked by Berengar and by Pope Formosus, in 894 Arnolfo entered Italy and conquered Bergamo, Milan and the capital Pavia, where he made himself recognized as king of Italy, while Guido fled to his possessions. If the conquest had been easy, its maintenance was much less so: Guido was only waiting for Arnulf's withdrawal, the loyalty of the Italian vassals was changeable, and even Berengar, who had been denied the crown, appeared hostile and blocked the Brenner road. traveled on the way. Arnolfo tried to leave Italy for the Bard pass, but he found the road blocked by the forces of Anscario I, Marquis of Ivrea, helped by his enemy Rudolph of Burgundy, and only with great difficulty was he able to leave the country without major losses. Then he tried to attack Rudolph of Burgundy, who avoided fighting by retreating to the mountains. He commissioned his illegitimate son, Sventibaldo, to fight Rodolfo, but to no avail.
1.3.French invasion of Lotharingia
Charles the Simple, the West Frankish Emperor, invaded Lotharingia.
January 899: Charles the Simple, just elected king of the western Franks, in 898, in order to bring the borders of his kingdom up to the left bank of the Rhine, invaded Lotharingia arriving as far as Aachen.
February 899: Zwentibold, king of Lotharingia from 895, forced the forces of West Francia to retire from Aaachen.
1.4.Partition of East Francia (899)
After the death of East Frankish Emperor Arnulph of Carinthia, East Francia was partitioned among his heirs.
December 899: After Arnulph's death, Louis of Italy was recognized as King of the Eastern Franks, while his half-brother, Sventibald, who was Arnulph's illegitimate son, became king of Lotharingia.
Was the invasion of Lotharingia by Burgundian king Rudolph I.
January 889: Rudolph I of Burgundy, who was supported by the Alsatian and Lorraine nobles, invaded the Kingdom of Lotharingia (an area that at the time referred to the low countries, the border areas of modern-day Germany and France as well as most of Switzerland), occupying Alsace and most of Lorraine. He was then crowned king of Lotharingia, by the bishop of Toul.
February 889: The new king of East Francia (Germany), Arnulf of Carinthia, compelled Rudolph of Burgundy to accept the title of King of Transjuran Burgundy, which also included the diocese of Besançon. Additionally, Rudolph was forced to renounce any claims to Alsace and Lorraine.
The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.
January 896: The Hungarians conquer the eastern parts of the Carpathian Basin after defeating the Bulgarians in Southern Transylvania and Tiszántúl.
January 896: The newly unified Hungarians, led by Árpád, settled in the Carpathian Basin starting in 895.
Was a military campaing of Arnulf of Carinthia against Great Moravia where he recaptured Lower Pannonia.
January 897: During the succession strife in East Francia, in 884, the area was conquered by Great Moravia in ca. 894. After a few years of peace, Arnulf renewed his wars with Moravia, and recaptured Lower Pannonia. After he claimed the Imperial crown in 896, Arnulf gave Lower Pannonia to another Slavic duke, Braslav, ruler of Pannonian Croatia, as a fiefdom.
January 895: After a few years of peace, East Frankish king Arnulf resumed the war against Moravia and reconquered Blatozeria in 894.
Disestablishment
January 899: Charles the Simple, just elected king of the western Franks, in 898, in order to bring the borders of his kingdom up to the left bank of the Rhine, invaded Lotharingia arriving as far as Aachen.
February 899: Zwentibold, king of Lotharingia from 895, forced the forces of West Francia to retire from Aaachen.
December 899: After Arnulph's death, Louis of Italy was recognized as King of the Eastern Franks, while his half-brother, Sventibald, who was Arnulph's illegitimate son, became king of Lotharingia.
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East Francia (Arnulf)
