describes the extent of Louis's lands: "at the assigning of portions, Louis obtained all the land beyond the Rhine river, but on this side of the Rhine also the cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz with their counties". The kingdom of West Francia went to Charles the Bald, and between their realms a kingdom of Middle Francia, incorporating Italy, was given to Lothair.

While East Francia contained about a third of Austrasia, the rest consisted mostly of lands annexed to the Frankish empire between