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  2. Louis the Pious - Wikipedia

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    e. 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. As the only surviving son of Charlemagne and Hildegard ...

  3. Frankish Papacy - Wikipedia

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    The "Donation of Pepin" (756): Pepin the Short grants the territories of Ravenna to Pope Stephen II. From 756 to 857, the papacy shifted from the influence of the Byzantine Empire to that of the kings of the Franks. Pepin the Short (ruled 751–768), Charlemagne (r. 768–814) (co-ruler with his brother Carloman I until 771), and Louis the ...

  4. Siege of Tortosa (808–809) - Wikipedia

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    Aquitanians, Franks, Basques (?); The siege of Tortosa was a military campaign by King Louis the Pious of Aquitaine in 808–809. It was part of a decade of intense activity by Louis against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba in the region of the lower Ebro. The chronology of his campaigns, which must be worked out from both Latin and Arabic ...

  5. Charlemagne - Wikipedia

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    The Franks continued to wage war, though these wars were defending and securing the empire's frontiers, [219] [220] and Charlemagne rarely led armies personally. [221] A significant expansion of the Spanish March was achieved with a series of campaigns by Louis against the Emirate of Cordoba, culminating in the 801 capture of Barcelona. [222]

  6. Battle of Fontenoy (841) - Wikipedia

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    The war was fought to decide the territorial inheritances of Charlemagne's grandsons—the division of the Carolingian Empire among the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious. Despite Louis' provisions for succession, war broke out between his sons and nephews. The battle has been described as a major defeat for the allied forces of Lothair I ...

  7. Ermengarde of Hesbaye - Wikipedia

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    Ermengarde was the daughter of Count Ingerman of Hesbaye and Rotrude. About 794 Ermengarde married Louis the Pious, [1] son of Charlemagne, who since 781 ruled as a King of Aquitaine. He had already fathered two children, and Ermengarde may have been his concubine. Ermengarde gave birth to six children: Lothair I (795–855), [1] born in ...

  8. Franks - Wikipedia

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    The Franks (Latin: Franci or gens Francorum; German: Franken; French: Francs) were a western European people during the Roman Empire and Middle Ages. They began as a Germanic people who lived near the Lower Rhine, on the northern continental frontier of the empire. They subsequently expanded their power and influence during the Middle Ages ...

  9. Royal household under the Merovingians and Carolingians

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    Ebbo, Archbishop of Reims, counselor to Louis the Pious; Adalard of Corbie, grandson of Charles Martel, played a key role in the rule of Louis the Pious; Hincmar, Archbishop of Reims, principal advisor, friend, and chief propagandist for Charles the Bald. Lord Chancellor. The officer of state responsible for the judiciary and was responsible ...