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The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia , meaning "new [western] land", originated in 511 , made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel , approximating most of the ...
Neustria (ship) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Neustria was a passenger ship of the French Fabre Line . It carried 18 first class passengers and 1,100 in steerage. She was employed on the Marseille-New York route with a ...
Neustria -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on Neustria: during the Merovingian period (6th8th century) of early medieval Europe, the western Frankish kingdom, as distinct from ...

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Neustria, name given in the Merovingian period to the western portion of the Frankish Kingdom after it was divided by King Clovis I in ad511. Neustria extended originally from the Schelde (Escaut) to the Loire river, in what is now northern France, and was bounded by Aquitaine on the south and by Burgundy and Austrasia on the east. In 687 Neustria was reunited with the rest of the Frankish lands by Pepin of Herstal, an early Carolingian ruler.