General Notes

Received the territory known as Lorraine for his kingdom on death of his father in 855; did little for its government or defense - his reign chiefly occupied by his efforts to secure a divorce from his wife Teutberga in order to marry Waldrada; sought consent of his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German; he put away Teutberga but had to restore her in 858; finally got his divorce and married Waldrada in 862; threatened with excommunication he took back his wife but now she wanted a divorce; Lothair went to Rome to get consent of the new Pope Adrian II; on his return journey was seized with a fever and died at Piscenza; his kingdom was divided between Charles the Bald and Louis the German - a kingdom lost for love.