Louis II King of Italy Holy Roman Emperor 
Louis II King of Italy Holy Roman was born about 0822 in France. Louis II King of Italy Holy Roman's father was Lothair I Holy Roman Emperor and his mother was Ermengarde de Tours. His paternal grandparents were Louis I "The Pious" Holy Roman Emperor and Ermengarde de Hesbaye; his maternal grandparents were Hugues III Count of Upper Alsace and Bava (Ava). He had a brother named Lothair II King of. He was the older of the two children. He died on August 12th, 0875 in Near Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.General Notes
Louis II, King of Italy (Andre Roux: Scrolls,194.) (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 14, Line 25-41.)
(Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians, Page 180).
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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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.02 Apr 0742 in Ingelheim, Rheinhessan, Hesse-Darmstadt d.28 JAN 813/14 in Aix-la-Chapelle, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
- b.Aug 0778 in Chasseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne near Poitiers, Aquitaine, France d.20 Jun 0840 in Petersaue, Ingelheim am Rhein, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
- b.0758 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France
- b.0795 in Altdord, Bavaria d.29 Sep 0855 in Abbey of Pruem, Rheinland, Prussia
- b.0778 in Hesbaye, Liege, Belgium d.03 Oct 0818 in Angers, France
- b.~ 0822 in France d.12 Aug 0875 in Near Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
- b.0740 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.0780
- b.0765 in Upper, Alsace, France d.~ 0839
- b.0744 in Upper Alsace, France
- b.~ 0805 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France d.20 MAR 850/51
- b.~ 0779 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France d.0860
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‌Louis II King of Italy Holy Roman and Engelberge were married in a religious ceremony before October 5th, 0851 in 2nd wife. They had a daughter named Ermengarde de.
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Children
Ermengarde de Lorraine
Ermengarde de was born about 0855 in Lorraine, France. She died before April 2nd, 0897.
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