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Louis the Pious
Ludovicus Pius la
King of the Franks
- Child of Charlemagne and Hildegard of Vinzgouw
- Married to Ermengarde of Hesbaye, Judith of Bavaria
- Dated 16 April 778 CE – 20 June 840 CE
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 3
- 28 January 814 CE – 20 June 840 CE Carolingian Roman emperor
- 28 January 814 CE – 20 June 840 CE king of Franks Succeeded Charlemagne · Succeeded by Lothair I , Louis the German , Charles the Bald
- Dates unrecorded Duke of Bavaria
Family tree
The family as a list · 34
Family 34
- child of (child) Charlemagne king of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor (747–814) (742-814)
- child of (child) Hildegard of Vinzgouw Queen of the Franks and Blessed (c. 771 – 783)
- of the house Carolingian dynasty Frankish noble family founded by Charles Martel
- parent of (child) Adelaide of Aquitaine daughter of Louis the Pious
- parent of (child) Alpaïs of Paris illegitimate daughter of Louis the Pious
- parent of (child) Arnulf of Sens born 794, illegitimate son of Louis the Pious
- parent of (child) Bertha frankish princess daughter of Louis the Pious
- parent of (father) Charles the Bald King of West Francia from 843 to 877 and Carolingian Emperor from 875 to 877
- parent of (father) Gisela Frankish noble, daughter of Louis the Pious
- parent of (child) Hildegard, princess of Francia princess of the Frankish Empire
- parent of (father) Lothair I Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 817 to 855
- parent of (father) Louis the German King of East Francia from 843 to 876
- parent of (father) Pepin I of Aquitaine 9th-century Frankish king
- parent of (child) Rotrude frankish princess daughter of Louis the Pious
- partner of Theudelinde de Sens 775-794
- sibling of Adaltrude frankish princess daughter of Charlemagne
- sibling of Adelaide frankish princess daughter of Charlemagne
- sibling of Bertha daughter of Charlemagne (c. 780 - after 824)
- sibling of Charles the Younger second son of Charlemagne
- sibling of Drogo illegitimate son of Frankish emperor Charlemagne by the concubine Regina, bishop of Metz
- sibling of Gisela daughter of Charlemagne
- sibling of Hildegard frankish princess daughter of Charlemagne
- sibling of Hiltrude frankish princess daughter of Charlemagne
- sibling of Hugh abbot of Saint-Quentin, son of Charlemagne
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- sibling of Lothair frankish prince son of Charlemagne
- sibling of Pepin of Italy son of Charlemagne and King of the Lombards
- sibling of Pepin the Hunchback Frankish prince, son of Charlemagne
- sibling of Rotrude second daughter of Charlemagne from his marriage to Hildegard
- sibling of Ruodhaid daughter of Charlemagne
- sibling of Ruothild frankish princess daughter of Charlemagne
- sibling of Theodoric Frankish prince son of Charlemagne
- sibling of Theodrada daughter of Charlemagne
- married to Ermengarde of Hesbaye Holy Roman empress
- married to Judith of Bavaria Carolingian empress and queen of the Franks
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