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    Louis the Pious (Latin: Hludowicus Pius; German: Ludwig der Fromme; French: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair and the...
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    emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the Pious, emperor of Francia, and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, he received the appellation Germanicus...
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    for the emperor who, in 839, designated his grandson as King of Italy, and let Louis take up his residence in that country. Louis the Pious died the next...
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    Gisela (born 820) was the only daughter of Louis the Pious and his second wife, Judith of Bavaria. She married the powerful and influential Eberhard, Duke...
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    emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the Treaty...
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    Louis the Pious. After Louis, the Frankish kingdom was divided and eventually coalesced into West and East Francia, which later became France and the...
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    Holy Roman Empire. After a civil war (840–843) following the death of Emperor Louis the Pious, the empire was divided into autonomous kingdoms, with one...
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  • and by teaching the doctrine of salvation might induce them to receive the faith of the Lord." During the reign of Louis the Pious, the Frankish Empire...
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  • Eberhard of Friuli (category Saints from the Carolingian Empire)
    parentage is debated. His marriage to the daughter of Emperor Louis the Pious cemented his eminent position at the Frankish court. Paternity theories His...
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    Lothair I (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    and Germany. Lothair was born in 795, to Louis the Pious and Ermengarde of Hesbaye. His father was the son of the reigning Emperor, Charlemagne. Little is...
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    Carolingian dynasty (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    every monarch of France from Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious till the penultimate monarch of France Louis Philippe have been his descendants. His death...
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    Pepin I of Aquitaine (category Monarchs of the Carolingian Empire)
    838) was King of Aquitaine and Duke of Maine. Pepin was the second son of Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye. When his father...
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    Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (French: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 – 10 April 879), was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia...
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    people by the emperor at Ingelheim. Nominoe was a staunch ally of Louis the Pious until the emperor's death in 840. He supported Louis in the several civil...
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    Louis V (c. 966 or 967 – 22 May 987), also known as Louis the Do-Nothing (French: Louis le Fainéant), was a king of West Francia from 979 (co-reigning...
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  • Charles Martel, and one of the principal advisers of his cousin Charlemagne, of Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious, and of Louis's son Lothair I. He succeeded...
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    Judith of Bavaria (died 843) (category Women from the Carolingian Empire)
    was the Carolingian empress as the second wife of Louis the Pious. Marriage to Louis marked the beginning of her rise as an influential figure in the Carolingian...
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  • Louis I may refer to: Louis the Pious, Louis I of France, "the Pious" (778–840), king of France and Holy Roman Emperor Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia...
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    (797 – 17 April 818) was the King of Italy from 810 to 818. He plotted against his uncle, Emperor Louis the Pious, when the latter's Ordinatio Imperii...
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    Carolingian Empire following the death of Louis the Pious, with its neighbor East Francia eventually evolving into the Kingdom of Germany. West Francia extended...
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    publisher (link) Louis the Pious and Louis the German would be Louis I and Louis II, respectively, in this numbering. If counted as "Louis III of Germany...
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  • Missus dominicus (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    legitimate son, Louis the Pious (ruling 813–840),the process of disintegration was hastened. Once the king associated the choice of missi with the assembly of...
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    Drogo of Metz (category Bishops in the Carolingian Empire)
    Pious (Emperor Louis I) after their father died. In the collection of Einhard's Charters, there is one written in 815 by Louis the Pious in which he grants...
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    survived infancy: Lothair, the eldest son and future King – that Flodoard cites not to be confused with the son of Louis the Pious: Lotharius puer, filius...
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  • noblewoman, the daughter of Eberhard of Friuli, Duke of Friuli, and Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious. Judith was a granddaughter of Louis the Pious and great-granddaughter...
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  • He supported Emperor Lothar after the death of Emperor Louis the Pious, despite having sworn allegiance to Charles the Bald. Pepin’s wife is unknown; their...
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  • Louis the Blind (c. 880 – 5 June 928) was the king of Provence from 11 January 887, King of Italy from 12 October 900, and briefly Holy Roman Emperor...
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    Carloman I until 771), and Louis the Pious (r. 814–840) had considerable influence in the selection and administration of popes. The "Donation of Pepin" (756)...
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    Ermengarde of Hesbaye (category Women from the Carolingian Empire)
    emperor Louis the Pious. Ermengarde was the daughter of Count Ingerman of Hesbaye and Rotrude. About 794 Ermengarde married Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne...
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    Louis the Child (893 – 20/24 September 911), sometimes called Louis III or Louis IV, was the king of East Francia from 899 until his death and was also...
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