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Louis I "The Pious" Lothair Of DE AQUITAINE, Holy Roman Emperor

Louis I "The Pious" Lothair Of DE AQUITAINE, Holy Roman Emperor[1, 2, 3]

Male 778 - 840  (62 years)

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  • Name Louis I "The Pious" Lothair Of DE AQUITAINE 
    Suffix Holy Roman Emperor 
    Nickname The Pious 
    Born 16 Apr 778  Chasseneuil, Aquitaine, Gironde, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Name The Pious 
    _UID 0568683C090444A58C5F9CD212B03E3B9BFB 
    Died 20 Jun 840  Castle Of Ingelheim, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11287  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2022 

    Father Charlemagne De FRANCE, King Of The Franks,   b. 2 Apr 747, Aachen, Rhineland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 814, Aix-La-Chapelle, Aachen, Rhineland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Queen Hildegard Of SWABIA, Countess Of Vinzgau,   b. 758,   d. 30 Apr 783, , Thionville, Moselle, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 771  Aix-La-Chapelle, Aachen, Rhineland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2729  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Concubine, [Concubine 1],   b. Abt 777, , France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Not Married Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Arnould Of The WEST, Count Of Sens,   b. Abt 794, , France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 817  (Age ~ 24 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F4943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Princess Ermengarde DE HESBANIA, Empress, Hre,   b. Abt 778, Of Hesbaye, Liege, Belgium, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 818, Angers, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married Feb 798  , France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Aelis Of FRANCE, Princess, France,   d. Bef 890
     2. Emperor Lothair I (Lothar) Of The WEST, Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. 795, Of Altdorf, Bavaria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 855, Pruem, Rheinland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     3. Hildegarde FRANCE, Princess,   b. 802, Of France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 860, Laon, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. Pepin I King AQUITAINE, King,   b. Abt 803, Of France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 835-838  (Age ~ 35 years)
     5. Ludwig II (Louis) "The German", King,   b. Abt 806, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 876, Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
     6. Rotrude, Princess,   b. Abt 810, Of France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Of The WEST, Princess Of West,   b. Abt 812, , France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 841  (Age ~ 30 years)
     8. Empire/Princess Adaelaeide (Adelheld), Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. Abt 824, Of Tours, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 868  (Age ~ 44 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F5690  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Empress Judith The Fair Of BAVARIA, Princess Of Bavaria,   b. 805, Of Altdorf, Bavaria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 843, Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, Touraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married Feb 818-819  Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gisele FRANCE, Princess Of France,   b. 819,   d. 1 Jul 874, , Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     2. Emperor Charles II "The Bald", Holy Roman Empire,   b. 13 Jun 823, Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 877, Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F5680  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Louis The Pious
    Louis The Pious

  • Notes 
    • BIOGRAPHY: Louis I (Holy Roman Empire), called 'The Pious' (778-840). He was the son and sole successor of Charlemagne. In 817 Louis made plans for an orderly succession among his sons: Lothair I, Louis II (Louis the German), and Pepin of Aquitaine. Later he wanted to include in the succession Charles II (Charles the Bald), his son by a second marriage. Dissatisfied, his older sons rebelled (830, 833) against him and fought among themselves for supremacy as well. Pepin died in 838, and in 843 the empire was divided among the three surviving brothers (see Verdun, Treaty of), Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. Alias: Louis the /Pious/, Ludwig the Pious Custom Field:<_FA#> BET. 781 - 814King of Aquitaine Custom Field:<_FA#> BET. 814 - 840King of Franks/Franki sh Emperor Louis was crowned king of Aquitaine in 781 to slow rebellion after Charlemagne's defeat in Spain by the Saracen Moslems. In 793, the Saracens in vaded Aquitaine under Caliph Hisham. In 795, the Spanish March was created wi th William as its Count. The next year, King Louis and Count William defeated the Saracens and secured the Frankish-held areas of northeast Spain. The con tinued to fight the Saracens until 813 when all of Navarre was conquered by Wi lliam and Louis. In 806, Charlemagne wrote in his will that his sons Louis, Cha rles, and Pepin would divide the Empire on his death. Pepin died in 810 and Charles followed in 811. By 813, Byzantine nobles came to Charlemagne to reco gnize him as Emperor (he was 69 years old), and so he ordered Louis to come fr om Aquitaine to be crowned co-Emperor and designated successor. When Charlema gne died in 814, Louis succeeded to all thrones. Louis put his son, Pepin, on t he throne of Aquitaine, made Lothar co-Emperor, and made his son, Louis, king of Bavaria. Louis "the Pious" first reformed the court in a "moral purge" by sending all of the unmarried princesses to nunneries and sending Charlemagne's three illegitimate sons to monasteries. He then put down a rebellion in Ita ly. When his wife, Irmengard/Ermengard, died, he remarried "Black Judith" of the Alamanic race of the Welfs. He'd already made his three sons, Pepin, Loui s, and Lothar his successors. However, when his son, Charles, was born in 823 , he tried desperately to include him in the succession. In 829, he dropped L othar's imperial title as co-Emperor and sent him off to Italy. The next year , the three brothers united and attacked their father, forcing him to abdicate . They demanded that Lothar be given back his imperial title and they sent Ju dith off to a nunnery. By 831, however, Louis the Pious managed to regain his power, bring back his wife, drop Lothar completely from his will and replace him with Charles, and refused to allow Lothar to ever return to court without permission. That same year, Pepin of Aquitaine revolted on his own and Louis o f Bavaria followed the next year. Emperor Louis declared that Pepin was form ally deposed of his titles, but he could not enforce this order. In 833, the three brothers gained support from Pope Gregory IV and many of the Emperor's o wn generals. Lothar made a settlement; Louis and Charles were imprisoned; Jud ith was sent in exile to Italy under the eye of Lother; Louis of Bavaria and P epin of Aquitaine were to gain territory that was formally under imperial auth ority. By 834 Pepin and Louis released their father and brother from jail, Ju dith was brought back, and peace was made. In 835, Louis was re-crowned with great pomp. Pepin died in 838 and Louis put Charles on the throne of Aquitaine. The nobles, however, put Pepin's son, Pepin II, on the throne. Neither Cha rles nor Pepin II held authority. Louis the Pious died in 840 and a civil war ensued over the Empire's division that lasted until peace was finally made in 843.

  • Sources 
    1. [S380] Sherry Huggins.

    2. [S395] Nancy Ann Morgan.

    3. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.