Louis the Pious

King of the Franks

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

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
SpouseErmengarde of Hesbaye
Judith of Bavaria
Issue
HouseCarolingian
FatherCharlemagne
MotherHildegarde
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity
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