Lothair I

Lothair I
Emperor of the Romans
Lothair I in the Gospels of Lothair, c. 849–851, now located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire
ReignJuly 817 – 855
CoronationJuly 817, Aachen
5 April 823, Rome
PredecessorLouis I the Pious
SuccessorLouis II of Italy
King of Italy
Reign17 April 818 – 855
PredecessorBernard of Italy
SuccessorLouis II of Italy
King of Middle Francia
Reignc. 10 August 843 – 855
PredecessorLouis I the Pious as King of the Franks
SuccessorLouis II (Italy)
Lothair II (Lotharingia)
Charles (Provence)
Born795
Died29 September 855 (aged 59–60)
Prüm
Burial
ConsortErmengarde of Tours
Issue
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Louis II
Lothair II
Charles
HouseCarolingian
FatherLouis I the Pious
MotherErmengarde of Hesbaye
Carolingian denier of Lothair I, struck in Dorestad (Middle Francia) after 850

Lothair I (Dutch and Medieval Latin: Lotharius; German: Lothar; French: Lothaire; Italian: Lotario; 795 – 29 September 855) was a 9th-century Carolingian emperor (817–855, with his father until 840) and king of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (843–855).

Lothair I was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis I and his wife Ermengarde of Hesbaye,[1] daughter of Ingerman the duke of Hesbaye. On several occasions, Lothair led his full-brothers Pepin 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.[2]

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lothair I.". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference KiblerZinn1995 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).