Louis II, EMPEROR OF Italy 
Louis II, EMPEROR OF was born in 0825. Louis II, EMPEROR OF 's father was Lothaire I, EMPEROR OF HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE [KING OF ITALY] and his mother was Ermengarde, COUNTESS OF TOURS . His maternal grandparents were Hugh II "Le Méfiant" Count Of TOURS and Ava BAVA . He was an only child. He died in Brescia, Italy.General Notes
AKA: Louis II, Emperor of the West. Also Known As: Louis "Le Jeune". Born: in 825, son of Lothaire I, Emperor of the West and Ermengarde de Tours. Note - between 844 and 875: Louis II was crowned King of the Lombards (Italy) by Pope Sergius II in 844 and remained King until his death in 875. He became Emperor of the Occident on Easter Sunday in 850. Upon the death of his brother, Charles de Provence, Louis II's Kingdom is enhanced by Provence and the Northern part of Charles' Kingdom. When his remaing brother, Lothar II dies in 869, leaving no male heir, Louis II would have gotten the remaining lands, but his rights were strongly contested by his uncles Charles le Chauve and Louis le Germanique. In Italy, he fought with some success in alliance with the Papacy against the Sarracens from whom he took Bari. His daughter, Ermengarde, became Queen of Provence through her marriage with Boson. Married in 851: Engelberge de Spolete, daughter of Erchanger, Count d'Alsace.
Died: on 8 Dec 875 in Brescia, Italy, Some sources indicate that Louis II died on 12 August 875. He deeded his Kingdom to Louis le Germanique's son, Carloman
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- b.0795 in Altforf, Bavaria d.29 Sep 855 in Pruem, Rhineland, Prussia
- b.0825 d.8 Dec 875 in Brescia, Italy
- b.~ 0675 in Alsace, France d.5 Dec 741
- b.~ 0700 in Alsace, France d.~ 0750
- b.~ 0679 in Alsace, France
- b.0740
- b.~ 0719 in Alsace, France
- b.0765 in Upper Alsace France
- b.0744
- b.~ 0800 in Alsace, Fr d.20 Mar 851 in Abbaye D'erstein, Strasbourg, Alsace, France
- b.~ 0779
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