Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious
Emperor of the Romans
Louis the Pious, contemporary depiction from 826 as a miles Christi (soldier of Christ), with a poem of Rabanus Maurus overlaid. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica, Codex Reg. lat 124, f.4v
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire
Reign813–840
Coronation11 September 813
PredecessorCharlemagne
SuccessorLothair I
King of the Franks
Reign814–840
PredecessorCharlemagne
Successor
King of Aquitaine
Reign781–814
PredecessorCharlemagne as
King of the Franks
SuccessorPepin I
Born778
Cassinogilum
Died20 June 840(840-06-20) (aged 61–62)
Ingelheim
Burial
Abbey of Saint-Arnould
SpouseErmengarde of Hesbaye
Judith of Bavaria
Issue
HouseCarolingian
FatherCharlemagne
MotherHildegarde
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity

Louis the Pious, also called Louis I, (778 - 840) was the third Carolingian King of the Franks and the second Holy Roman Emperor (814 - 840) and the King of Aquitaine (781 - 814). He was Charlemagne's sixth son. When Louis died, he divided his kingdom among his sons.

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