Lothair I
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Lothair I ruled the Carolingian Empire, a vast medieval European realm, for about four decades until his death in 855. He matters historically because he was a major political figure during a critical period when the Carolingian Empire was being divided among Charlemagne's descendants, shaping the future political map of Europe.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 795
- Died
- 855
- Works
- 1
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- Die Urkunden Lothars I. und Lothars II
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· 1903 · cited 2x
- V.—ON POLITICAL TERMS
· 1858
- De lorraine
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Lothair I (9th. C. Frankish: Ludher and Medieval Latin: Lodharius; Dutch and Medieval Latin: Lotharius; German: Lothar; French: Lothaire; Italian: Lotario; 795 – 29 September 855) was a 9th-century Emperor of the Carolingian Empire (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, 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 dynastic 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.