850 - 924 (74 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
6. | Louis I "the Pious", Holy Roman Emperor was born in Aug 778 in Haute-Garonne, France (son of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor and Hildegarde, Countess in Linzgau); died on 20 Jun 841 in near Mainz. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reign: From 814 to 840; Holy Roman Emperor
Notes:
Death: Sewell gives his death date as 30 April 840.
Name:
He was also known as Lois the Fair.
Louis married Judith of Bavaria in Feb 819. Judith (daughter of Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, Count in the Entgau and Egilwich, Abbess of Challes) was born about 800 in Bavaria, Germany; died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor was born on 2 Apr 747 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (son of Pépin "the Short", King of the Franks and Bertha "Broadfoot"); died on 28 Jan 814 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; was buried in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reign: From 767 to 814; King of the Franks (Carolingian dynasty)
- Land/House: 768
- Reign: From 800 to 814; Holy Roman Emperor
Notes:
Death: Weis (1982) gives his death place as Aix la Chapelle.
Name:
More is known about Charlemagne than most medieval rulers because of a biography written by Einhard, a friend of his son Louis the Pious. This biography describes Charlemagne as more than six feet tall, with piercing eyes, fair hair, a thick neck, and a potbelly. He was strong, fond of exercise, and had an alert mind and a forceful personality. Charlemagne could read and speak Latin, the language of educated people of the time. However, he never learned to write it.
Land/House:
When Pépin the Short died in 768, the Frankish lands were divided according to ancient Frankinsh law and tradition between Pépin's sons Carloman and Charles. During the next three years until Carloman's death in 771, relations between the two brothers were sometimes strained. In 774, Charles "the Great" or Karolus Magnus, more widely known as Charlemagne, conquered Lombardy and confirmed his father's donation of the Papal States. Charlemagne added Bavaria to his realm, and eventually defeated the Saxons and forced them to convert to Christianity. Charlemagne also waged war in Spain. He was returning from an expedition there in 778 when a mountain people called the Basques ambushed and wiped out his rear guard. This incident became the subject of the famous epic poem The Song of Roland, however, the ambushers were the Moors.
Reign:
On 25 December 800, he was crowed Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in Rome.
Charlemagne married Hildegarde, Countess in Linzgau in 771 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hildegarde (daughter of Gerold, Count in the Vinzgau and Emma of Allemania) was born in 758; died on 30 Apr 783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Hildegarde, Countess in Linzgau was born in 758 (daughter of Gerold, Count in the Vinzgau and Emma of Allemania); died on 30 Apr 783. Notes:
Name:
She was also known as Hildegarde of Vinzgau.
Children:
- Charles the Younger, Duke of Ingelheim was born in 772; died in 811.
- Pépin, King of Italy and Lombardy was born in Apr 773 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; was christened on 12 Apr 781 in Rome, Lazio, Italy; died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Adelaide was born in 773.
- Rotrud was born in 775.
- Bertha of France was born in 776; died in 826.
- Lothar was born in 778.
- 6. Louis I "the Pious", Holy Roman Emperor was born in Aug 778 in Haute-Garonne, France; died on 20 Jun 841 in near Mainz.
- Hildegarde
- Gisela
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15. | Egilwich, Abbess of Challes died after 833. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes:
History:
Egilwich's name was also spelt Heilwig. She was a Saxon.
In later life she became the Abbess of Challes near Paris.
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