General Notes

Source: Frederick Lewis Weis & Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Ancestral Rootsof certain American colonists..., (Edition 7, Genealogical PublishingCompany, Baltimore, 1992), 145-16.

King of Lotharingia (855/69), second son of Emperor of the West LothairI. He inherited the region bounded by the Rhine, Scheldt, Alps, and NorthSea, which became known as Lotharingia (Lorraine). He was joined toTheutberga, the sister of one of his father's vassals, in an arrangedmarriage; after the death of Lothair I he repudiated her and married hismistress Waldrada, by whom he had a son.
Theutberga appealed to Bishop Hincmar, a counselor to King Charles theBald of the West Franks (later Emperor of the West Charles II). Charles,Lothair's uncle, hoped to annex Lotharingia if Lothair should die withoutan heir, which was likely since Theutberga was barren. Hincmar supportedTheutberga and with the aid of Pope Nicholas I forced Lothair toreinstate her.

When Lothair died suddenly his lands were divided between his uncles,Charles the Bald and Louis the German, by the Treaty of Mersen (870).

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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.
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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.