East Francia

Kingdom of the East Franks Regnum Francorum orientalium (Latin)
843–962
East Francia in 843 after the Treaty of Verdun
Capital	Various, including Frankfurt and Ratisbon (Regensburg)
Common languages	Medieval Latin Old High German Old Frisian Old Dutch Old Low German Slavic languages
Religion	Catholic Church Germanic religion
Demonym(s)	East Frankish • East Frank
Government	Monarchy
King
• 843–876	Louis the German (first)
• 936–962 (title held until his death in 973)	Otto the Great
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Treaty of Verdun	843
• Treaty of Meerssen	870
• Disestablished	962
Currency	Pfennig
Preceded by Succeeded by Francia Carolingian Empire Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Germany
Today part of	Austria Germany Czech Republic Switzerland Italy Slovenia Croatia

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East Francia (Latin: Francia orientalis) or the Kingdom of the East Franks (Regnum Francorum orientalium) was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire created in 843 and ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was established through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided the former empire of Francia into three kingdoms: Francia Orientalis (the East Frankish kingdom); Francia Media (the Middle Frankish kingdom); and Francia Occidentalis (the West Frankish kingdom).

The east–west division with the Treaty of Verdun, enforced by the Germanic-Latin language split, "gradually hardened into the establishment of separate kingdoms",^[1] with East Francia becoming (or being) the Kingdom of Germany, and West Francia becoming the Kingdom of France.^[2][3]