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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 ...
Mar 22, 2024 · Louis II (born c. 822—died Aug. 12, 875, near Brescia, Lombardy) was a Frankish emperor (850–875) who, as ruler of Italy, was instrumental in checking the Arab invasion of the peninsula. The eldest son of the Frankish emperor Lothar I, who ruled the “middle realm” of what had once been Charlemagne’s empire, Louis took over the ...
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Apr 26, 2022 · Louis II "the Younger" of Italy, Emperor of Italy, Emperor of the Franks. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Louis II the Younger[1] (825 – 12 August 875) was the King of Italy from 844 and then Emperor from 855 until his death.[2]
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The chronicler Andreas of Bergamo, who is the main source for Louis's activities in southern Italy, notes that "after his death a great tribulation came to Italy." Louis II, sometimes called the Younger, 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.
May 19, 2021 · From Louis II’s inheritance in 855 until 924, the king of Italy typically held the imperial title. During his reign as emperor, Louis II waged a lengthy assault on the Emirate of Bari in the Benevento region of southern Italy. It was successful, but the Beneventans rejected his rule in favor of the Byzantine Empire. After the Treaty of Mersen ...
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Lothar’s son Louis II (844–875) was king-emperor only in Italy. Louis II, whose reign was in many ways the high point of the Carolingian kingdom in the peninsula, was an active interventionist king. He used both the Pavia administration and new legislation to restore royal authority, which had slipped a little during the civil wars in Francia.
Aug 8, 2016 · Louis II, 1377–1417, king of Naples (1384–1417), duke of Anjou, count of Provence, son and successor of Louis I of Naples. In 1389 the antipope Clement VII (Robert of Geneva) invested him with the kingdom, Lancelot, rival claimant of Naples, having been expelled in 1386. Louis took possession of Naples in 1390, but he was ousted in turn by ...
