Neustria, western portion of the kingdom of the Franks in the time of the Merovingian and Carlovingian dynasties, and in constant rivalry with Austrasia (q.v.), the kingdom of the East; it extended from the Scheldt to the Loire and Soissons; Paris, Orleans, and Tours were the chief towns.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Neuchâtel * Neuville, Alphonse de