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Lothair of France. Lothair ( French: Lothaire; Latin: Lothārius; 941 – 2 March 986), sometimes called Lothair II, [a] III [b] or IV, [c] was the penultimate Carolingian king of West Francia, reigning from 10 September 954 until his death in 986.
- 10 September 954 – 2 March 986
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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). Lothair I was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis I and his wife ...
Mar 22, 2024 · son Lothar. Louis IV (born 921—died Sept. 10, 954, Reims, France) was the king of France from 936 to 954 who spent most of his reign struggling against his powerful vassal Hugh the Great. When Louis’s father, Charles III the Simple, was imprisoned in 923, his mother, Eadgifu, daughter of the Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Elder, took Louis to ...
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Aug 24, 2016 · Lothair, 941–86, French king (954–86), son and successor of King Louis IV. During the early part of his reign he was dominated by Hugh the Great. Even after Hugh's death he was involved in conflict with the great feudal lords and controlled only a small part of France.
Kingdom of Lotharingia, 855–900. In 855, when Lothair I was dying in Prüm Abbey, he divided his kingdom among his three sons with the Treaty of Prüm. To the eldest son, Louis II, went Italy, with the imperial title. To the youngest, Charles, still a minor, went Provence.
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- Kingdom (855–923), Duchy in East Francia (925–959)
Jun 11, 2018 · views 2,220,333 updated Jun 11 2018. Lothair I (795–855) Frankish Emperor (840–55). Eldest son of Louis I, he was co-emperor with his father from 817. 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.
Jul 4, 2019 · Hugh Capet. Lothair of France had obtained the throne in 954. Born in 941, he was a boy of thirteen at the time of his accession, so Lothair was under the guardianship of his uncle Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne and brother of Otto I, known as Otto the Great, who was German king and Holy Roman Emperor. Later, in 956, Bruno was made Hugh’s guardian.
