Empress Judith of Bavaria

805 - 843  (38 years)

• Name	Empress Judith of Bavaria  [1]
  Birth	805
  Gender	Female
  Death	843
  Person ID	I10988	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Louis Carolingian, I,   b. 16 Apr 778, Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France d. 20 Jun 840, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	819	Germany   [2]
  Children	1. Holy Roman Emperor Charles de Coursey, II,   b. 15 May 823, Bavaria, Germany d. 6 Oct 877, France (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Old World

  _Judith of Bavaria Judith of Bavaria (797– 19 April 843) was the Carolingian empress as the second wife of Louis the Pious. Marriage to Louis marked the beginning of her rise as an influential figure in the Carolingian court. She had two children with Louis, Gisela and Charles the Bald. The birth of her son led to a major dispute over the imperial succession, and…

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S929] Wikipedia: Louis the Pious, Louis Carolingian I. Louis the Pious (778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire,[1] was the King of the Franks and co-Emperor (as Louis I) with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only surviving adult son of Charlemagne and Hildegard, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position which he held until his death, save for the period 833–34, during which he was deposed. During his reign in Aquitaine, Louis was charged with the defence of the empire's southwestern frontier. He conquered Barcelona from the Muslims in 801 and asserted Frankish authority over Pamplona and the Basques south of the Pyrenees in 812. As emperor he included his adult sons, Lothair, Pepin, and Louis, in the government and sought to establish a suitable division of the realm among them. The first decade of his reign was characterised by several tragedies and embarrassments, notably the brutal treatment of his nephew Bernard of Italy, for which Louis atoned in a public act of self-debasement. In the 830s his empire was torn by civil war between his sons, only exacerbated by Louis's attempts to include his son Charles by his second wife in the succession plans. Though his reign ended on a high note, with order largely restored to his empire, it was followed by three years of civil war. Louis is generally compared unfavourably to his father, though the problems he faced were of a distinctly different sort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious