General Notes

Lothaire=Lothar II, King de Lorraine (Paul, Nouveau Larousse Universel.) (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 193, Line 263-39.) (Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome I, Page 384). Born: in 827, son of Lothaire I, Emperor of the West and Ermengarde de Tours Married circa 855: Teutberge de Valois, daughter of Boson III, Count de Turin.

Lothaire II was the King of Lorraine from 855 to 869. He married Teutberge de Valois whom he repudiated in favor of his concubine Walrade. From 858 until 869 he battled to get rid of his wife. This cost him the court of Rome, and an excommunication by the Church, for which he had to beg the pardon of the Pope. Upon the death of his brother, Charles de Provence in 863, Lothar II would get the center of Charles' Kingdom (since Charles had no son). Divorced Teutberge de Valois): in 862. Married on 25 Dec 862: Waldrade d'Alsace; Waldrade was Lothaire's concubine long before he married her after his first wife died. Died: on 8 Aug 869 in Piacenza, Italy, Having no sons upon his death, Lothar II's lands reverted to his sole surviving brother Louis II.