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Carolingian denier of Lothair I, struck in Dorestad (Middle Francia) after 850. Lothair I (Dutch and Medieval Latin: Lotharius; German: Lothar; French: Lothaire; Italian: Lotario; 795 – 29 September 855) was a 9th-century Carolingian emperor (817–855, with his father until 840) and king of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (843–855).
Lothar I 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.
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LOTHAIR I, MEDIEVAL EMPEROR. Reigned: 817 – 855. b. 795. The oldest son of Emperor Louis the Pious and a key figure, with his brothers, in the civil wars that marked both the later years of his father's reign and the period immediately following his death. In 814, Lothair was appointed king of Bavaria.
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Lothair I ( Dutch and Medieval Latin: Lotharius; German: Lothar; French: Lothaire; Italian: Lotario; 795 – 29 September 855) was a 9th-century Carolingian emperor (817–855, with his father until 840) and king of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (843–855). Quick Facts Emperor of the Carolingian Empire, Reign ... Close.
Jun 11, 2018 · Lothair I (lōthâr´), 795–855, emperor of the West (840–55), son and successor of Louis I [1]. In 817 his father crowned him coemperor. He was recrowned (823) at Rome by the pope and issued (824) a constitution, proclaiming his right to confirm papal elections.
Lothair I (Dutch and Medieval Latin: Lotharius; German: Lothar; French: Lothaire; Italian: Lotario; 795 – 29 September 855) Was the ruler of the Carolingian Empire from July 817 Until his death in 29 September 855.
Lothair I. (795-855) King of Italy (818-855) Holy Roman Emperor (840-855) born 795. died Sept. 29, 855, Abbey of Prüm, Germany. Frankish emperor whose attempt to gain sole rule over the Frankish territories was checked by his brothers.