'The German', King of the East Franks Louis II 
'The German', King of the East Franks was born in 0805 in Germany.1 'The German', King of the East Franks' father was Emperor of the West Louis I "The Pious", Emperor of The West and his mother was Ermengard Princess of Hesbaye. His paternal grandparents were Holy Roman Emperor of West Charlemagne and of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress Hildegarde; his maternal grandparents were Duke of Hesbaye Ingeramne, Duke of Hesbaye and Judith of Bavaria. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Holy Roman Emperor, I, King of Aquitaine, Adelaide, Matilda Princess of and Rotrude (Hildegarde) Princess of. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named "The Bald" Holy Roman Emperor, Princess of France and Gisele of. He died at the age of 74 in 0879 in Frankfort,Brandenburg,Germany.1 General Notes
Louis II (of Germany), called The German (circa 806-76), king of Germany(843-76), the third son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I. An activeparticipant in the civil wars that marked the last ten years of hisfather's reign, he became ruler of all Germany east of the Rhine by theTreaty of Verdun in 843. Even after that, however, he continued to fighthis kinsmen, winning the eastern part of Lorraine in 870. An able ruler,Louis strengthened government in his lands and encouraged the developmentof vernacular literature.
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Louis II, King of Germany
(Paul, Nouveau Larousse Universel, Page 86.)
(Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 131, Line 172-41.)
(Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome 1, Page 369).
Also Known As: Louis "Le Germanique". AKA: Louis, King de Baviere. Born: either 804 or 806, son of Louis I, King de France and Ermengarde d'Esbay, Some sources assert that Louis was born in the year 806. There also is some disagreement as to whether this Louis should be Louis I or Louis II, King of Germany. The resolution to that disagreement lies in whether one can consider Louis' father as Louis I, King of Germany. Note - between 817 and 876: King of Allemania from 817 to 876. Following a new division of the Empire in favor of Charles "Le Chauve", Louis II joined his brothers Lothaire and Pepin in a revolt against their father King Louis I, "Le Debonnaire" (also "Le Pieux") of France. When Lotaire became Emperor, Louis II joined him in a fight against Charles "Le Chauve". In 858, Louis leaves Worms and invades his brother Charles' kingdom, with the support of Aquitaine and Bretagne. He begins to distribute the lands among counts and bishops. Charles in turn seeks refuge in Bourgogne. In Reims, on 25 November 858, the conference of bishops condemns Louis for the cruelty of his troops, sending Christian against Christian, and brother against brother. On 7 June 860, the brothers are reconciled in Saint-Castor de Coblence. Meanwhile the Normands pillage Amiens, Noyon, Beauvais, the Iberian peninsula and take Pisa in Italy. In 861, they devastate Paris. Upon the death of Lotaire II, Louis II got a part of Lorraine through the Treaty of Mersen (870). Married in 827 in Bavaria: Emma de Baviere, daughter of Welf, Count de Baviere . Died: on 28 Aug 876.
(Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians, Page 180).
1 NAME Louis King of Bavaria & /Germany/
1 BIRT
2 DATE 804
1 DEAT
2 DATE 876
Source: Stuart, Rodrick W., Royalty for Commoners, (2nd Ed., GenealogicalPublishing Co., Baltimore, 1993), 172-41.
King of the East Franks (817/76). When his father, Emperor of the WestLouis I, partitioned the empire in 817, Louis received Bavaria andadjacent territories. In the conflict between his brother Lothair I (whosucceeded Louis I as emperor) and their father, Louis the Germanrepeatedly changed sides. In 839 Louis I transferred some of Louis'sholdings to Lothair; Louis again rebelled and his father died in theensuing campaign.
Louis now joined with his half brother Charles (Charles the Bald, laterEmperor of the West Charles II) against Lothair, who sought to gainsupremacy in their kingdoms. They checked Lothair at Fontenoy (841),renewed their alliance, and forced Lothair to accept the Treaty of Verdun(843), which made them independent sovereigns.
In 858/59 Louis turned on Charles and unsuccessfully invaded the WestFrankish kingdom (France), but both brothers soon directed theirattention to the lands of Lothair's heirs, Emperor of the West Louis IIand King Lothair of Lotharingia. After King Lothair's death Lotharingiawas divided between them by the Treaty of Mersen (870). The death (875)of Louis II renewed the war between Louis the German and Charles; Charlesquickly conquered Italy and was crowned emperor of the West.
Louis the German, in the course of his reign, defended his frontiersagainst the Slavs and the Danes and suppressed several revolts of hissons, Carloman of Bavaria, Louis the Younger, and Charles the Fat (laterEmperor of the West Charles III).
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- b.0635 in France d.16 Dec 0714 in Villa de Junille, Meuse River, Liege, Belgium
- b.0689 in Heristel, Leige, Belgium d.0741 in Quierzy, Aisne, France
- b.WFT Est. 647-670 in Heristal, Liege(Belgium), France d.WFT Est. 692-758 in Orplegrandmonast, Vrabant, Vosges, France
- b.WFT Est. 723-812 in Austrasia d.24 Sep 0768 in St. Denis, Paris, France
- b.0660 d.0713
- b.0690 in Moselle,Austrasia, France d.0724
- b.~ 0660
- b.WFT Est. 759-842 in Ingelheim, Germany d.0814 in Aux-la-Chapelle
- b.~ 0660 in Laon, Aisne, France d.> 0710
- b.~ 0700 in Laon, Aisne, France d.WFT Est. 694-784
- b.~ 0660 d.< 0721
- b.WFT Est. 702-724 in Laon,aisne, France d.0783 in Choisy, Haute-Savoie, France
- b.~ 0690 in Laon, Aisne, France
- d.0708
- b.WFT Est. 795-872 in Chasseneuil, Liege, Aquitaine d.20 Jun 0840 in Petersaue, Germany
- b.~ 0740 d.0751
- b.~ 0750 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d.30 Apr 0783 in Metz
- b.0805 in Germany d.0879 in Frankfort,Brandenburg,Germany
- b.~ 0720 d.> 0778
- b.~ 0750 in Abt 750 d.WFT Est. 754-836
- b.~ 0780 in Hesbaye, Liege, Belgium d.0818 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou/Pays-de-la-Loire, France
- b.0745 in Germany d.0800
- b.0787 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.0818
- b.~ 0750 in Bavaria, Germany
- b.WFT Est. 774-793 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.19 Apr 0843 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France
- b.~ 0780 in Saxony, Germany d.> 0833
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Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. @ 141-17, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, Royalty for Commoners @ 172-41, GEDCOM File : daylily7.ged
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Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. @ 141-17, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, Royalty for Commoners @ 172-41, GEDCOM File : daylily7.ged
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