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Louis the German (c. 806 /810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD.
Louis II was the king of the East Franks, who ruled lands from which the German state later evolved. The third son of the Carolingian emperor Louis I the Pious, Louis the German was assigned Bavaria at the partition of the empire in 817.
Louis the German, c.804–876, king of the East Franks (817–76). When his father, Emperor of the West Louis I, partitioned the empire in 817, Louis received Bavaria and adjacent territories.
Louis the German (c. 806 /810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD.
Louis the German - Encyclopedia. LOUIS (804-876) surnamed the "German," king of the East Franks, was the third son of the emperor Louis I. and his wife Irmengarde. His early years were partly spent at the court of his grandfather Charlemagne, whose special affection he is said to have won.
After Louis’s death (840) open warfare broke out; Louis’s third son, Louis the German, allied with Charles in attacking the eldest son, the emperor Lothar I. Defeated at Fontenoy, in present Belgium (June 841), and driven from Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen, Ger., 842), Lothar sued for peace.
Louis the German, c.804–876, king of the East Franks (817–76). When his father, Emperor of the West Louis I, partitioned the empire in 817, Louis received Bavaria and adjacent territories.
Jun 1, 2008 · When King Louis the German fell from the first floor of a building near Koblenz in 870, he hit the ground hard enough to break several ribs. Though bystanders actually heard them snap, the sixty-year-old Louis merely groaned, picked himself up, and travelled on to a pre-arranged meeting with his younger brother and arch-rival of the moment ...
Two years before he died, Louis had a vision of his father, thirty-four years after his death, tormented by flames and begging for aid. Although he marshaled the prayers of his whole kingdom in response, Louis must have wondered what lay in store for himself.
