Louis the Pious, emperor

Also known as Hludowic, Louis le Pieux, Ludwig der Fromme, and Louis le Debonnaire.

King of Aquitaine

Emperor

Events

Date of Birth: between April and September 778.

Place of Birth: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, in Aquitaine

The date and place are given by Schieffer and by Baldwin. Settipani (pp. 249-250) gives the date as between 16 April and August-September 778.

Date of Death: 20 June 840.

Place of Death: On an island in the Rhine, near Ingelheim.

The date and place are given by Schieffer and by Settipani (p. 250). The date is given by Althoff (p. 367).

Place of Burial: Metz, église abbatiale de Saint-Arnoul.

The place is given by Settipani (p. 250) and by Fleckenstein.

Relationships

Father: Charlemagne.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:29), by Schieffer, by Fleckenstein, by Settipani (p. 204), by Hlawitschka, and by Baldwin.

Mother: Hildegarde.

This relationship is given by Settipani (p. 204), by Hlawitschka, and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Ermengarde (died 818), a daughter of count Ingram. Married about 794.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:31), by Schieffer, by Fleckenstein, by Settipani (p. 253), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 102), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Judith (died 843), a daughter of count Welf. Married in 819.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:32), by Schieffer, by Settipani (p. 253), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 102), and by Baldwin.

Children (probably illegitimate):

(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.)

Alpaïde married Begon, count of Paris.

Children (by Ermengarde):

Lothair I (about 795 - 28 or 29 September 855), king of Bavaria, joint-emperor, ruler in Italy, emperor, married Ermengarde, daughter of Hugues, count of Tours.

Pepin I (about 797 - 13 December 838), king of Aquitaine, married Ringart, daughter of Teudbert, count of Madrie.

Rotrude.

Hildegarde.

Louis II “the German” (about 806 - 28 August 876), king of Bavaria, king of the Eastern Franks, married Hemma, daughter of count Welf, in 827.

Children (by Judith):

Gisela (born about 819 - 822, died after 1 July 874) married Eberhard, duke of Friuli.

Charles the Bald (13 June 823 - 6 October 877), king of the Western Franks, emperor, married (1) Ermentrude, daughter of Eudes, count of Orléans, on 13 December 842; married (2) Richilde, daughter of count Buwin, on 22 January 870.

Children (illegitimate):

Arnulf, count of Sens.

References

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

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Louis "the Pious" (Louis le Pieux, Ludwig der Fromme, Hludowicus)” in The Henry Project.

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

Fleckenstein, J. "Ludwig (I.) der Fromme" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5c (Stuttgart: 1991).

Hlawitschka, Eduard. Vom Frankenreich zur Formierung der europäishen Staaten- und Völkergemeinschaft 840-1046: Ein Studienbuch. (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1986).

Schieffer, Theodor. “Ludwig der Fromme” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 15 (1987), S. 311-318 [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).