Chlothar II
The term "Alsace" derives from the Germanic "ali-land-sat-ja", meaning "one who sits in another land." Alsace was Alemanni territory, but not so much as Alemannia proper, which was east of the Rhine: it was, however, the "other" land in which some Alemanni had settled. In the late Roman Empire, a district of Alsace ("pagus Alsatiae") had been established in the region. Under Chlothar II, Alsace and Alemannia were granted their own law, the "Pactus Alamannorum".