Louis II "the Stammerer", Holy Roman Emperor

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reign: From 877 to 879; King of the Franks
• Reign: From 878 to 879; Holy Roman Emperor

Notes:

Birth: Weis (1982) records his birth date as 844.

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Louis married Adelaide of Paris on 868 - 870. Adelaide (daughter of Bègue II, Count of Paris) was born on 855 - 860; died after 10 Nov 901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ermentrude of the West Franks was born about 870.
2. Charles III "the Simple", King of France was born on 17 Sep 879; died on 7 Oct 929 in Péronne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Saint Fursy, Péronne, Hauts-de-France, France (not found).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reign: From 840 to 877; King of France (Carolingian dynasty)
• Land/House: 843; By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the Carolingian Empire was divided into three kingdoms, with Charles the Bald receiving the West Frankish Kingdom, Lothar receiving the Kingdom of Lothar, and Louis the German receiving the East Frankish Kingdom.
• Crowned: 869; In 869, he was crowned the King of Burgundy.
• Crowned: 875; He was crowned the King of Italy in 875.
• Reign: From 875 to 877; Holy Roman Emperor
• Crowned: 25 December 875.; He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on 25 December 875.

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Birth: Sewell gives his birth date as 13 June 823.

Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth date as 23 June 823.

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Charles married Ermentrude of Orléans on 14 Dec 842. Ermentrude (daughter of Eudes, Count of Orléans and Engeltrude) was born on 27 Sep 830; died on 6 Oct 869 in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reign: From 814 to 840; Holy Roman Emperor

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Death: Sewell gives his death date as 30 April 840.

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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]

Eudes married Engeltrude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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Death: Weis (1982) gives his death place as Aix la Chapelle.

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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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She was also known as Hildegarde of Vinzgau.

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He was also known as Guelph I.

Welf married Egilwich, Abbess of Challes. Egilwich died after 833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: lifespan

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History:
Egilwich's name was also spelt Heilwig. She was a Saxon.

In later life she became the Abbess of Challes near Paris.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also the Count of Orléans. His name was also spelt Adrian.
• Living: Between 793 and 815; He held lands in the Wormsgau between 793 and 815.
• Last Full Review: 27 May 2020

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Death: Moriarty (1956) gives his death date as 824.

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Hadrian married Waldrat on yes date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

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History:
She was the heiress of the lands in Orléans.

On 15 February 824, she was living.

In 834, she was living.