Emperor Lothair I (Lothar) Of The WEST, Of The Holy Roman Empire^[1]

795 - 855  (60 years)

• Name	Lothair I (Lothar) Of The WEST
  Prefix	Emperor
  Suffix	Of The Holy Roman Empire
  Birth	795	Of Altdorf, Bavaria
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8DF7CF0C72B846789EF9375C51393C6BA212
  Death	29 Sep 855	Pruem, Rheinland, Prussia
  Burial	St. Sauveur, France
  Person ID	I9855	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Louis I "The Pious" Lothair Of DE AQUITAINE, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 16 Apr 778, Chasseneuil, Aquitaine, Gironde, France d. 20 Jun 840, Castle Of Ingelheim, Germany (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Princess Ermengarde DE HESBANIA, Empress, Hre,   b. Abt 778, Of Hesbaye, Liege, Belgium, Belgium d. 3 Oct 818, Angers, France (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	Feb 798	, France
  Family ID	F5690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ermengarde, Countess Of Tours,   b. Abt 800, Of Alsace, France d. 20 Mar 851, Strasbourg, Alsace, France (Age ~ 51 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 821	Thionville, Moselle, France
  Children	1. Louis II, Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. Abt 825, Alsace-Lorraine, Austrasia d. 31 Aug 875, Italy (Age ~ 50 years)   2. Lothaire II, King Of Lorraine,   b. Abt 827, Alsace-Lorraine, Austrasia d. 7 Aug 869, Plaisance, Italy (Age ~ 42 years)   3. Helletrude, Princess Of Italy,   b. Abt 830, Alsace-Lorraine, France d. Yes, date unknown   4. Ermengarde (Irmgard), Duchess Of The Moselle,   b. Abt 832, Alsace-Lorraine, Austrasia d. Yes, date unknown   5. Rotrud, Princess Of Italy,   b. 833, Alsace-Lorraine, France d. Yes, date unknown   6. Gisle, Princess Of Italy,   b. Abt 834, Alsace-Lorraine, France d. 28 May 861 (Age ~ 27 years)
  Family ID	F4927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Lothar I, also spelled Lothair, (born 795— died Sept. 29, 855, Abbey of Prüm, Ger.), Frankish emperor, whose attempt to gain sole rule over the Frankish territories was checked by his brothers. The eldest son of the emperor Louis I the Pious and a grandson of Charlemagne, Lothar was made king in Bavaria after Louis succeeded Charlemagne in 814, and in 817 he was made joint emperor. Under the Ordinatio imperii, a decree issued by Louis in 817 to provide for the unity of the empire after his death, Lothar's younger brothers, Pippin and Louis (later called the German), were to receive their own kingdoms, Aquitaine and Bavaria, but were to remain under the general suzerainty of Lothar. Ruler in Italy from 822, Lothar was crowned emperor by Pope Paschal I in 823. He issued the Constitutio Romana (824), affirming imperial sovereignty over Rome and demanding an oath of fealty from the pope. When in 829 Louis I, under the influence of his second wife, Judith, revised the Ordinatio imperii to grant part of the empire previously granted to Lothar to his son by Judith, Charles (later called the Bald), Lothar broke with the imperial government. A palace revolution forced his reappointment as coemperor in 830, but he was again deposed shortly afterward. In 833 discontent with the rule of Louis I the Pious ended in a revolt of the three elder sons, led by Lothar, and Lothar replaced the deposed Louis. Louis was restored to power the following year, however, and Lothar's rule was restricted to Italy. When Pippin died in December 838, Louis I drew up a new partition scheme, dividing the empire, aside from Bavaria and neighbouring areas, which were left to Louis the German, between Lothar and Charles II the Bald, with Lothar taking the eastern portion. Lothar was to have the title of emperor but without the suzerainty over the other princes that had been granted by the Ordinatio imperii of 817. On Louis I's death (840), Lothar again claimed his rights under the Ordinatio of 817, but his brothers, Louis and Charles, defeated him at the Battle of Fontenoy (841). The Treaty of Verdun (August 843) left Lothar the Middle Realm of the Frankish dominions, from the North Sea to Italy, while Louis received the eastern and Charles the western territory. The imperial title fell to Lothar. After granting the government of Italy to his eldest son, Louis II, as early as 844, Lothar partitioned his realm between Louis (emperor from 850) and his two other sons, Lothar and Charles, in 855. Then he abdicated and became a monk.

  
  

• Sources

  [S395] Nancy Ann Morgan.