King of Italy Holy Roman Emperor Louis II 
King of Italy Holy Roman Emperor was born about 0822 in Lorraine, France.1 King of Italy Holy Roman Emperor's father was Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and his mother was , Holy Roman Empress Queen of Italy Ermengarde of Orleans. His paternal grandparents were Emperor of the West Louis I "The Pious", Emperor of The West and Ermengard Princess of Hesbaye; his maternal grandparents were 'The Abbot' Count of Tours Hugh II and Ava Countess of Upper Alsace. He had five brothers and two sisters, named 'The Young' Holy Roman Empire, , King of Italy, , Saxon King Of Lorraine, Lotharius II, King of Italy, Charles King of, Helletrude of and Princess of Lorraine. He died on August 12th, 0875 in Near Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.1 General Notes
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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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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0689 in Heristel, Leige, Belgium d.0741 in Quierzy, Aisne, France
- b.WFT Est. 723-812 in Austrasia d.24 Sep 0768 in St. Denis, Paris, France
- b.0690 in Moselle,Austrasia, France d.0724
- b.WFT Est. 759-842 in Ingelheim, Germany d.0814 in Aux-la-Chapelle
- b.~ 0700 in Laon, Aisne, France d.WFT Est. 694-784
- b.WFT Est. 702-724 in Laon,aisne, France d.0783 in Choisy, Haute-Savoie, France
- b.~ 0690 in Laon, Aisne, France
- b.WFT Est. 795-872 in Chasseneuil, Liege, Aquitaine d.20 Jun 0840 in Petersaue, Germany
- b.~ 0740 d.0751
- b.~ 0750 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d.30 Apr 0783 in Metz
- b.0795 in Altdorf, Germany d.29 Sep 0855 in Preum, Germany
- b.~ 0720 d.> 0778
- b.~ 0750 in Abt 750 d.WFT Est. 754-836
- b.~ 0780 in Hesbaye, Liege, Belgium d.0818 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou/Pays-de-la-Loire, France
- b.0745 in Germany d.0800
- b.0787 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.0818
- b.~ 0750 in Bavaria, Germany
- b.WFT Est. 774-793 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.19 Apr 0843 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France
- b.~ 0780 in Saxony, Germany d.> 0833
- b.~ 0822 in Lorraine, France d.12 Aug 0875 in Near Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
- b.~ 0735 in of,Alsace,France d.0780
- b.~ 0765 in Upper Alsace,France d.14 Jun 0844 in Battle
- b.0744 in Upper Alsace, France
- b.~ 0800 in Tours,Indre-et-Loire,France d.0851 in trasbourg,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,France
- b.~ 0720 d.> 0778
- b.~ 0750 in Abt 750 d.WFT Est. 754-836
- b.~ 0780 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France d.> 0837
- b.0745 in Germany d.0800
- b.0787 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.0818
- b.~ 0750 in Bavaria, Germany
- b.WFT Est. 774-793 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.19 Apr 0843 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France
- b.~ 0780 in Saxony, Germany d.> 0833
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King of Italy Holy Roman Emperor were married in a religious ceremony before October 5th, 0851 in 2nd wife.2 He had a biological daughter named Ermengarde de.
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Children
Ermengarde de Lorraine
Ermengarde de was born about 0855 in Lorraine, France.1 She died before April 2nd, 0897.1
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jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on @ Louis II, The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
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