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Location of the Carolingian Empire on the world map. ... 840 -855: Lothair I: 855 – 875: Louis II: 875 – 877: ... Charles the Fat was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor.
Louis II (825 – 12 August 875), sometimes called the Younger, [1] was the king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 844, co-ruling with his father Lothair I until 855, after which he ruled alone. Louis's usual title was imperator augustus ("august emperor"), but he used imperator Romanorum ("emperor of the Romans") after his ...
The Holy Roman emperor was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne became the first emperor of what was later defined as the Holy Roman Empire when Pope Leo III proclaimed him ’emperor of the Romans’ in the year 800. The last Holy Roman Emperor was Francis II, who dissolved the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
Nomenclature. The term "Carolingian Empire" is a modern convention and was not used by its contemporaries. The language of official acts in the empire was Latin.The empire was referred to variously as universum regnum ("the whole kingdom", as opposed to the regional kingdoms), Romanorum sive Francorum imperium ("empire of the Romans and Franks"), Romanum imperium ("Roman empire"), or even ...
May 19, 2021 · Lothar’s son, Louis II of Italy, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 855-875) and King of Italy (r. 843-875), inherited the imperial title and ruled Italy with the wide aristocratic support, while Lotharingia was allotted to Lothar II (r. 855-869), and Provence went to the youngest son, Charles of Provence (r. 855-863).
- Michael Griffith
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( Latin: Imperator Romanorum, German: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period [1] ( Latin: Imperator Germanorum, German: Römisch-deutscher Kaiser, lit. 'Roman-German emperor'), was the ruler ...
Lothair I (795-855) Emperor (817-855) King of Italy (818–855) King of Middle Francia (843-855) Louis the Pious made him co-emperor in 817. After his father’s death he claimed the whole empire but his two brothers forced him to accept a split in 843; Louis the German (c.806-876) King of East Francia (843 – 876)
