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Birth:          ABT  798 of Altdorf, Bavaria
Death:          29 Sep  855 Pruem, Rhineland
Burial:         St. Saveur, France

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothair_I
Lothair I or Lothar I (Dutch: Lotharius, German: Lothar, French: Lothaire, Italian: 
Lotario) (795 – 29 September 855) was the Holy Roman Emperor (817–855, co-ruling 
with his father until 840), and the King of Bavaria (815–817), Italy (818–855) and 
Middle Francia (840–855).


 


 Kingdom of Bavaria
Lothair was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious and his wife 
Ermengarde of Hesbaye,[1] daughter of Ingerman the duke of Hesbaye. On several 
occasions, Lothair led his full-brothers Pippin I of Aquitaine and Louis the German in 
revolt against their father to protest against attempts to make their half-brother Charles 
the Bald a co-heir to the Frankish domains. Upon the father's death, Charles and Louis 
joined forces against Lothair in a three-year civil war (840–843). The struggles 
between the brothers led directly to the breakup of the Frankish Empire assembled by 
their grandfather Charlemagne, and laid the foundation for the development of modern 
France and Germany.
Early life and reign[edit]

Lothair was born in 795, to Louis the Pious and Emengarde of Hebsbaye. His father 
was the son of the reigning Emperor, Charlemagne. Little is known of Lothair's early 
life, which was probably passed at the court of his grandfather Charlemagne. In 814, 
the elderly Charlemagne died at age 72, when his grandson Lothair was 19, and left 
his 36-year-old son Louis the Pious his vast empire. The next year, Lothair was sent to 
govern Bavaria in 815 for his father Louis the Pious.[1] He first comes to historical 
attention in 817, when Louis the Pious[1] drew up his Ordinatio Imperii.[citation 
needed] In this, Louis designated Lothair as his principal heir and ordered that Lothair 
would be the overlord of Louis' younger sons Pippin of Aquitaine and Louis the 
German, as well as his nephew Bernard of Italy. Lothair would also inherit their lands if 
they were to die childless. Lothair was then crowned joint emperor by his father at 
Aachen.[1] At the same time, Aquitaine and Bavaria were granted to his brothers 
Pippin and Louis, respectively, as subsidiary kingdoms.[citation needed] Following the 
murder of Bernard by Louis the Pious, Lothair also received the Kingdom of Italy.
[citation needed] In 821, Lothair married Ermengarde (d. 851), daughter of Hugh the 
Count of Tours.[1]

In 822, he assumed the government of Italy, and at Easter, 5 April 823, he was 
crowned emperor again by Pope Paschal I, this time at Rome. In November 824, 
Lothair promulgated a statute, the Constitutio Romana, concerning the relations of 
pope and emperor which reserved the supreme power to the secular potentate, and he 
afterwards issued various ordinances for the good government of Italy.[1]

On Lothair's return to his father's court, his stepmother Judith won his consent to her 
plan for securing a kingdom for her son Charles, a scheme which was carried out in 
829,[1] when the young prince was given Alemannia as king.[citation needed] Lothair, 
however, soon changed his attitude and spent the succeeding decade in constant 
strife over the division of the Empire with his father. He was alternately master of the 
Empire, and banished and confined to Italy, at one time taking up arms in alliance with 
his brothers and at another fighting against them, whilst the bounds of his appointed 
kingdom were in turn extended and reduced.[1]
In 855 he became seriously ill, and despairing of recovery renounced the throne, 
divided his lands between his three sons, and on the 23rd of September entered the 
monastery of Prüm, where he died six days later. He was buried at Prüm, where his 
remains were found in 1860.[1]

On 870, Lothair's kingdom was divided between his three sons[1] in a deal called the 
Treaty of Mersen: the eldest, Louis II, received Italy and the title of emperor; the 
second, Lothair II, received Lotharingia; the youngest, Charles, received Provence.
[citation needed]
He married Ermengarde of Tours in 821, who died in 851.[1]
Louis II (825–875) Crowned as King of Italy in 844 by Pope Sergius II. Crowned 
Emperor in 850. Married Engelberga.
Hiltrude (826–865) Married Berengar of Spoleto.
Ermengard (c. 825–849) Name sometimes given to an unnamed daughter kidnapped 
and married by Gilbert, Count of the Maasgau
Bertha (c. 830–852) Married to an unknown man, but later Abbess of Avenay.
Gisela (c. 830–856) abbess of San Salvatore at Brescia[2]
Lothair II (835–869) Succeeded his father. Married Teutberga, daughter of Boso the 
Elder, Count of Arles.
Rotrude (c. 840) Married Lambert III of Nantes.
Charles (845–863) Invested with Provence, Lyon and Transjuranian Burgundy.

One illegitimate child is known.
Carloman (? - d. 853)

Parents
____ Louis I "the Pious" "the Fair" (Aug  778 - 20 Jun  840)
DE HAYSBE Ermengarde (ABT  778 - 3 Oct  818)

Siblings
____ Lothar (Lothaire) I (ABT  798 - 29 Sep  855)
DE FRANCE Rotrude (ABT  799 -  841)
____ Louis II "the German" ( 806 - 28 Aug  876)

Marriage To OF TOURS Ermengarde (ABT  800 - 20 Mar  851)
    m. 15 Oct  821 Thionville, France

Notes

Parents
OF TOURS Hugues II "Le Mefiant" (ABT  765 - ABT Oct  836)
____ Ava (Bava) (Aba) (ABT  779 - )

Children by OF TOURS Ermengarde ABT  800 - 20 Mar  851
____ Louis II ( 825 - 12 Aug  875)
____ Lothar (Lothaire) II "the Saxon" ( 827 - 8 Aug  869)
OF LORRAINE AND BURGUNDY Ermengarde (Irmgarde) (ABT  832 - )

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