General Notes

1  NAME Lothaire Emperor of Italy & /Lorraine/


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Emperor of the West (840/55), son and successor of Louis I. In 817 hisfather crowned him coemperor. He was recrowned (823) at Rome by the popeand issued (824) a constitution, proclaiming his right to confirm papalelections. He twice (830, 833) revolted against his father, who favoredLothair's half brother Charles (Charles the Bald, later Charles II) athis elder son's expense, and in 833, with his brothers Pepin and Louisthe German, he succeeded in temporarily deposing Louis I.

However, his brothers deserted him and restored Louis. Lothair retainedonly Italy. He later was reconciled with his father, who in 838 allottedhim almost the whole eastern half of the empire, the west (France) goingto Charles. After Louis's death Charles and Louis the German made war ontheir brother Lothair, who tried to reunite the whole empire under hissole rule. The battle of Fontenoy (841), although indecisive, checkedLothair.

Renewing their alliance in 842, Charles and Louis the German forced (843)Lothair to sign the fateful Treaty of Verdun, which partitioned theempire of Charlemagne among the three brothers; Lothair retained theimperial title. He subdivided his domains among his sons Louis II, whowas crowned emperor at Rome in 850, Lothair, king of Lotharingia, andCharles. In 855 he abdicated and became a monk.

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Holy Roman emperor (840-55), and eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I, the Pious, and grandson of Charlemagne. Lothair became coruler with his father in 817 and was crowned by the pope six years later. He twice conspired with his brothers in revolts against their father. In 839 Lothair received the eastern part of the empire in addition to Italy, which he had received in 822. After the death of Louis I, Lothair attempted to assert his power over his brothers, but he was defeated by them at Fontenoy, France, on June 25, 841. By the Treaty of Verdun (843), the title of Holy Roman emperor was guaranteed to Lothair, together with sovereignty over Italy, Burgundy, Alsace, Lorraine, and the Low Countries. After having divided his kingdom among his three sons, Lothair retired to a monastery. His second son, sometimes called Lothair II (circa 835-69), reigned from 855 to 869 over the kingdom of Lotharingia.