Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Lothair Carolingian, I

795 - 855  (60 years)

• Name	Lothair Carolingian  [1]
  Title	Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
  Suffix	I
  Birth	19 May 795
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Sep 855	Prüm, Bitburg-Prum, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  Person ID	I14537	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	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)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Holy Roman Empress Ermengarde de Hesbaye,   b. 778, Liege, Belgium d. 3 Oct 818, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	794	La Chapelle, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F3055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walrada lotharingia
  Children	1. King of France Lothaire Carolingian, II,   b. 835, Lorraine, France d. 8 Aug 869, Piacenza, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Gisela Lotharingia,   b. Abt 840   d. Abt 907 (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 29 Sep 855 - Prüm, Bitburg-Prum, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Lothair I Lothair I or Lothar I (795 – 29 Sep 855) was emperor (817–855, co-ruling with his father until 840), and the governor of Bavaria (815–817), King of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (840–855). Lothair was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious and his wife Ermengarde of Hesbaye

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Ermengarde DeHesbaye [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