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Personal data King Louis I the Pious de Aquitaine of France 

• He was born on April 16, 778 in Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, Carolingian Empire (within present France).
• He was christened on April 19, 781 in Rome.
• He was baptized on April 15, 781 in Roma (Present regione Lazio), Royaume Lombard, Carolingian Empire (Present Italy).
• Profession: between January 5, 814 and January 4, 841 Louis I 'The Pious', Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire in 814 succeeded his father Charlemagne. In 817, he arranged for the succession after his death by dividing the empire among his three sons. After his first wife died, Louis married again, and a fourth in Frankish Emperor, Emperor of the West.
• Resident: Metz, Frankrijk.
• He died on June 24, 840 in Castle Ingelheim, Near Ingelheim, Rhinehessen, Hesse, he was 62 years old.
• He is buried on June 20, 840 in Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia.

  Attention: Buried (June 20, 840) before death (June 24, 840).

• A child of Charlemange (Charles I) of the Franks and Hildegarde of Vinzgau

Household of King Louis I the Pious de Aquitaine of France

(1) He is married to Judith of Bavaria.

They got married about 819 at Aix la Chapell, Austrasia.

Child(ren):

1. Gisela of France  821-874 
2. Charles the Bald  823-877 

(2) He had a relationship with Theodelinde of Sens.

Child(ren):

1. Alpaida of France  794-852 

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(3) He is married to Ermengarde of Hesbaye.

They got married in the year 794 at France, he was 15 years old.

Echtgeno(o)t(e): Louis I 'der Fromme/le Pieux' Onbekend

Child(ren):

1. Lothair I der Franken  795-855 
2. Rotrude of the Franks  800-???? 
3. Louis "The German"" II of the East Franks  806-876 

Notes about King Louis I the Pious de Aquitaine of France

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious

 

Louis the Pious (778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire,^[1] was the King of Aquitaine from 781. He was also King of the Franks and co-Emperor (as Louis I) with his father, Charlemagne, from 813.

As the only surviving adult son of Charlemagne and Hildegard, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position which he held until his death, save for the period 833–34, during which he was deposed.

During his reign in Aquitaine, Louis was charged with the defence of the empire's southwestern frontier. He conquered Barcelona from the Muslims in 801 and asserted Frankish authority over Pamplona and the Basques south of the Pyrenees in 812. As emperor he included his adult sons, Lothair, Pepin, and Louis, in the government and sought to establish a suitable division of the realm among them. The first decade of his reign was characterised by several tragedies and embarrassments, notably the brutal treatment of his nephew Bernard of Italy, for which Louis atoned in a public act of self-debasement.

 

In the 830s his empire was torn by civil war between his sons, only exacerbated by Louis's attempts to include his son Charles by his second wife in the succession plans. Though his reign ended on a high note, with order largely restored to his empire, it was followed by three years of civil war. Louis is generally compared unfavourably to his father, though the problems he faced were of a distinctly different sort.

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