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CAROLINGIAN Hludowic

Male Abt 0778 - 0840  (62 years)

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  • Name CAROLINGIAN Hludowic 
    Birth Abt 0778  Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Jun 0840  Ingelheim, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The second Frankish emperor, Louis the Pious as he is known in English, was the son and heir of the first Frankish emperor, Charlemagne.[1][2]

      His name Louis was still pronounced in an older way in his time. In later Latin it is typically written as Ludovicus, but in his own lifetime it was spelled for example as Hludowicus. (It is in fact the same name as the first Frankish king of France, Clovis I.)[3] Other modern variants of his name include:

      French: Louis le pieux.
      Dutch: Lodewijk de Vrome
      German: Ludwig der Fromme
      He also had the title "King of the Aquitainians" and as of 02 Feb 814: Emperor Louis I "der le fromme / le pieux".

      Chronology
      778. He was born between April and September in 778, the youngest legitimate son of Charlemagne by his wife Hildegarde.[2],
      781. King of the Aquitainians in Rome 15 Apr 781 by Pope Hadrian I.[1][2]
      Approximately 794. He married his first wife in 794, Ermengarde, the daughter of Ingram, who was a brother of Chrodegang, bishop of Metz.[4][2]
      813. His father named him as his successor at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), crowning him as joint emperor 11 Sep 813, while his nephew Bernard, the son of his late older brother Pépin, was declared king of Italy.
      814. Upon his father's death he became sole emperor.
      816. Crowned by Pope Stephen IV at Reims.
      817. He made his oldest son Lothaire joint emperor.
      818. Having defeated and killed his nephew Bernard, he became king of Italy as well.[2]
      819. He married secondly in February 819 at Aix-la-Chapelle, Judith the daughter of count Welf. [4][2]
      833. He was temporarily replaced as emperor by his son Lothaire when he and his brothers Pépin, and Louis revolted.[2]
      840. He is thought to have died on the Königsklinger Aue, an island in the Rhine (near Ingelheim) on 20 June 840. However, there is also reason to believe that this event took place on the Mariannenaue, due to its former affiliation to the Ingelheim district. Louis was buried at the église abbatiale de Saint-Arnoul, Metz [1]
      Issue
      1. Louis I & Ermengarde had at least 5 or possibly more children:[5]

      Lothair, born 795[5] [6]
      Pepin I of Aquitaine, born 797[5][6]
      Rotrude, born 799[7] Cawley shows a birth year for Hrotrud (Rotrude) of 800. [5] [8]
      Uncertain. Berta. Cawley notes that Settipani cites charters which name Berta as the daughter of Emperor Louis. [5] However, see Baldwin, who rejects this daughter.[2]
      Hildegarde d'Aquitaine, born April 802[5] [8] Cawley notes that Hildegard is named as sister of Charles by Nithard. [5]
      Louis, born 806[5] [6]
      2. He had at least two children with his second wife. [5]

      Gisela/Giselle, born 819[5][9]
      Charles the Bald, was 13 June 823 in Frankfurt am Main [5][10]
      Uncertain. An unnamed daughter is also recorded for this family. [11] However, see Baldwin.[2]

      3. Louis also had at least one mistress, with whom he had at least two illegitimate childre.

      Alpais, born 793/794. [5][12]
      Arnoul, born 794 [7][13]
      Theodolinde de Sens is currently shown on WikiTree as a mistress. Louis also had two illegitimate children by his mistress.

      Sources
      ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medlands Database, Ref 181.
      ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/louis000.htm
      ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_I#Name
      ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medlands Database, Ref 193.
      ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands: Germany, Kings and Emperors. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LudwigIIleGermaniqueA Accessed January 10, 2017
      ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris, cited in the Medlands Data Base, names (in order) "Hlutharius, Pippinus, Hludowicus" as sons of Emperor Ludwig I & his wife Ermengard. Cited by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands: Germany, Kings and Emperors. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LudwigIIleGermanique Accessed January 10, 2017
      ↑ 7.0 7.1 Current name and date linked on WikiTree
      ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cawley notes that the Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hlotharium Pipinum et Hludovicum Rotrudim et Hildegardim" as children of "Hludovicus ymperator…ex Yrmingardi regina" Cited by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands: Germany, Kings and Emperors. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LudwigIIleGermanique Accessed January 10, 2017
      ↑ The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Karolum et Gislam" children of "Hludovicus ymperator…ex Iudith ymperatrice" Cited by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands: Germany, Kings and Emperors. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LudwigIIleGermanique Accessed January 10, 2017
      ↑ The Annales S. Benigni Divisionensis record the birth of "Karolus filius Ludowici" in Frankfurt "Idus Iun 824"]. Cited by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands: Germany, Kings and Emperors. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LudwigIIleGermanique Accessed January 10, 2017
      ↑ The Casus Monasterii Petrishusensis records that "rex Francorum qui et imperator Romanorum" (which appears to indicate Charles II "le Chauve") gave his sister in marriage to "vir nobilissimo genere decoratus", that the couple had two sons to whom their uncle gave "in Alemannia loca…Potamum et Brigantium, Ubirlingin et Buochorn, Ahihusin et Turingen atque Heistirgou, Wintirture…et in Retia Curiensi Mesouch", and that one of the sons returned to France while the other "Oudalricus" retained all the property in Alamannia. Research of Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands: Germany, Kings and Emperors. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LudwigIIleGermanique Accessed January 10, 2017
      ↑ Cawley notes that "Flodoard refers to "Ludowicus Alpheidi filie sue uxori Begonis comitis." Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands: Germany, Kings and Emperors. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LudwigIIleGermanique Accessed January 10, 2017
      ↑ Cawley notes that the Chronicon Moissacense names "quartum…filium [Ludovici]…ex concubina…Arnulfum" recording that his father gave him the county of Sens[234]. Comte de Sens 817. Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands: Germany, Kings and Emperors. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LudwigIIleGermanique Accessed January 10, 2017
    Person ID I58144  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. Abt 02 Apr 0748, Austrasia, Francia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 0814, Aachen, Austrasia, Francia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother SCHWABEN Hildegarde,   b. Abt 0758, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 0783, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Bef 30 Apr 0771  Aix-la-Chapelle Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F25936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 SENS Theodelinde,   b. 30 Nov 0774   d. Abt 30 Nov 0793 (Age 19 years) 
    Children 
     1. CAROLINGIAN Alpais   d. 23 Jul 0852, Reims, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F25935  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Family 2 HESBAYE Irmengarde,   b. Abt 0775, Hesbaye, Région Wallonne, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Oct 0818, Angers, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 0794 
    Children 
     1. CAROLINGIAN Alpais   d. 23 Jul 0852, Reims, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]
     2. CAROLINGIAN Lothair,   b. 0795   d. 29 Sep 0855, Kloster Prüm Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. 13 Jun 0823, Frankfurt Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Oct 0877, Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]
    Family ID F26022  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Family 3 WELF Judith,   b. 0805, Altdorf, Schwaben, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 0843, Tours, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Marriage 0819  Aix-la-Chapelle Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. CAROLINGIAN Alpais   d. 23 Jul 0852, Reims, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]
     2. CAROLINGIAN Gisela,   b. Abt 0819, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen-Nassau, Pruißen Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 01 Jul 0874, Abbey of St. Calixtus, Cysoing, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. 13 Jun 0823, Frankfurt Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Oct 0877, Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F25958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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