Lothair I, emperor

Also known as Hlothar, Lothaire, and Lothar.

Events

Date of Birth: about 795.

Place of Birth: probably in Aquitaine.

The date is given by Baldwin and by Settipani (p. 259). The date and place are given by Schieffer.

Date of Death: 28 or 29 September 855.

Place of Death: Prüm monastery in Ardennes.

The date and place are given by Baldwin and by Settipani (p. 259). Schieffer gives 29 September 855 in Prüm. Althoff (p. 370) gives 29 September 855.

Place of Burial: Prüm monastery in Ardennes

The place is given by Baldwin and by Schieffer. Settipani (p. 259) specifies that Lothair was buried in l'église Saint-Sauveur in Prüm.

Relationships

Father: Louis the Pious (died 840), emperor.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Goetz, by Settipani (p. 255), by Bouchard (p. 102), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Ermengarde (died 818), daughter of count Ingram.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Settipani (p. 255), by Bouchard (p. 102), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Ermengarde (died 851), daughter of Hugues, count of Tours. Married mid-October 821 at Thionville.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Settipani (p. 261), by Bouchard (p. 102), and by Baldwin.

Partner: Doda.

This relationship is given by Settipani (p. 262) and by Baldwin.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Louis II (died 12 August 875), king of Italy, emperor.

Helletrude (about 826 - 865 or 866) married count Bérenger.

Bertha, abbess of Avenay.

a daughter married Giselbert, count of Masau and Darnau.

Gisela, abbess of S. Salvatore, Brescia.

Lothair II (died 8 August 869), king of Lorraine, married (1) Teutberga, daughter of count Boso; married (2) Waldrada.

Rotrude probably married Lambert.

Charles (died 24 January 863), king of Provence.

Children (illegitimate, by Doda ancilla):

Carloman (born 853).

References

Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Lothair I” in The Henry Project.

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Goetz, H.-W. "Lothar I." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5c (Stuttgart: 1991).

Schieffer, Theodor. “Lothar I”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 15 (1987), S. 210-216 [Onlinefassung].

Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).