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Louis the Pious [d] (Latin: Hludowicus Pius; French: Louis le Pieux; German: Ludwig der Fromme; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), [2] also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781.
Louis the Pious, was called to come to aid in the final assault on the city and arrived in front of Barcelona in February 801. On April 4, 801, Harun, commander of Barcelona accepted terms to surrender the city, worn out by hunger, deprivation and the constant attacks. [6]
Louis the Pious made many divisions of his empire during his lifetime. The final division, pronounced at Worms in 838, made Charles the Bald heir to the west, including Aquitaine, and Lothair heir to the east, including Italy and excluding Bavaria, which was left for Louis the German .
Judith of Bavaria (c. 797 – 19 April 843) 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 court. She had two children with Louis, Gisela and Charles the Bald. The birth of her son led to a major dispute over the imperial ...
Charlemagne crowns Louis the Pious. Vita Hludovici or Vita Hludovici Imperatoris (The Life of Louis or the Life of the Emperor Louis) is an anonymous biography of Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks from AD 814 to 840.
In 817, Louis the Pious [1] drew up his Ordinatio Imperii. [3] In this, Louis designated Lothair as his principal heir and ordered that Lothair would be the overlord of Louis' younger sons Pippin of Aquitaine (who was 20) and Louis the German (who was 13), as well as his nephew (Lothair's cousin) Bernard of Italy. Lothair would also inherit ...
The epithet the Pious may refer to: Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois (c. 915/917–988) Albert III, Duke of Bavaria (1401–1460) BolesÅ‚aw the Pious (1224/27–1279), Duke of Greater Poland and various other realms; Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (died 999) Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601–1675), also Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Louis the Pious, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death. Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, eldest son of the emperor Lothair I; Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, maternal grandson of the emperor Louis II; Louis the German (Louis II), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife