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Feb 11, 2011 · Lothair Carolingian I. Lothair, born 795, d. Sept. 29, 855, the eldest son of Emperor LOUIS I, came to rule the Middle Frankish Kingdom, which included most of what is now the Low Countries, Alsace-Lorraine, Switzerland, and northern Italy. Lothair was designated to succeed his father as emperor in 817. In 822 he became king of Italy, and...
Lothar I – the Middle Kingdom a range of territories from Frisia in the north to Spoleto in Italy in the south. The effects of this first great European treaty are still relevant to the political situation of Europe to this day. The boarder of 843 between West Francia and the Middle Kingdom in the north was along the Lower Scheldt.
Gerberga of Saxony (c. 913 – 5 May 968/9 or 984?) was a Queen of France by marriage to Louis IV of France between 939 and 954. She ruled as regent of France during the minority of her son Lothair in 954–959. She was a member of the Ottonian dynasty. Her first husband was Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. Her second husband was Louis IV of France ...
LOTHAIR (941-986), king of France, son of Louis IV., succeeded his father in 954, and was at first under the guardianship of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks, and then under that of his maternal uncle Bruno, archbishop of Cologne. The beginning of his reign was occupied with wars against the vassals, particularly against the duke of Normandy.
Dec 9, 2023 · Lothair was born in Laon near the end of 941, as the eldest son of king Louis IV and Gerberga of Saxony. Lothair (French Lothaire Latin Lothrius 941 2 March 986), sometimes called Lothair III or Lothair IV, was the Carolingian king of West Francia from 10 September 954 until his death in 986.
e. Louis the Pious [d] ( Latin: Hludowicus Pius; German: Ludwig der Fromme; French: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), [2] also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only surviving son of Charlemagne and ...
Jun 11, 2018 · On Louis's death (840), war broke out between Lothair and his two brothers. Lothair was defeated at Fontenoy (841), and the Treaty of Verdun (843) split the Frankish Empire into three. Lothair retained the title of Emperor and ruled the Middle Kingdom, consisting of the Low Countries, n France, Switzerland, and n Italy
