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Louis I "The Pious", Holy Roman Emperor

Louis I "The Pious", Holy Roman Emperor[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 778 - 840  (62 years)


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  • Name Louis I "The Pious"  
    Suffix Holy Roman Emperor 
    Birth 16 Apr 778  Casseuil sur Garonne, Lot et Garonne, FRANCE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Jun 840  Near, Ingelheim, Rhinehessen, Hesse Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cathédrale D'Aachen, Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4592  Coombs
    Last Modified 31 May 2021 

    Father Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 2 Apr 742, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 814, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Hildegard, Empress of the West,   b. Abt 757, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 783, , Thionville, Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage Abt 772 
    Family ID F1102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ermengarde, Princess Of Hesbaye,   b. 778, Hesbaye, Liege, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 818, Angers, 49000, Maine et Loire, FRANCE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage Abt 794 
    Children 
     1. Lothaire I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire,   b. 795, Altdorf, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 855 (Age 60 years)
     2. Mathilda (Rotrud) KAROLINGEN, de Francie,   b. 803   d. 23 Aug 860 (Age 57 years)
     3. Pépin I King Of AQUITAINE,   b. Abt 803, Of, , , France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 835 OR 838 (Age 35 years)
     4. Louis II "The German", King of the Germans,   b. Abt 806, Of, , , France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 876, , Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     5. Alpaide (Alpais) Princess Of The HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 794, (765) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 852 (Age 58 years)
     6. Rotrude,   b. Abt 808, , , France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 860 (Age 52 years)
     7. Hildegarde+ KAROLINGEN, sister of Gerard's other wife: Mathilde (Rotrud),   b. 808, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Hildegarde KAROLINGEN,   b. Abt 812, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Adélaïde, van Laon,   b. Abt 814, Of, Tours, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 866 (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F4796  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

    Family 2 Theudelinde de SENS,   b. Abt 775   d. Bef 794 (Age < 18 years) 
    Marriage 793 
    Family ID F9647  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

    Family 3 Judith, Queen of Franks,   b. 800, , , Bavaria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 843, Tours, Indre-at-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage Feb 819  Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gisele,   b. Abt 819, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen-Nassau, Preussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 874, Calixtus Convent, Cysoing, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     2. Charles II "The Bald", King of the Franks,   b. 15 May 823, Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 877, Brios, , France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F1116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

    Family 4 Mrs-Louis I Concubine Of The HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE 
    Marriage Not Married Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 
    • Emperor of the West and King of the Franks

      -- MERGED NOTE ------------


      Profession : Roi d'Aquitaine en 781,
      Empereur d'Occident de 814 au 20 Juin 840.

      Emperor. Also known as 'the Pious'



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      A5. [3m.] Louis I "the Fair", *Casseuil-sur-Garonne VIII.778, +Ingelheim 20.6.840, bur.St.Arnold (Ger), King of Aquitania (781-814), King of Franks and Italy (814-833)+(834-840), Holy Roman Emperor (814/16-840); 1m: 798 Empress Ermengarde of Hesbaye, daughter of Ingeramme of Hesbaye (*Hesbaye, Liege ca 778, +Angers 3.10.818); 2m: Aken II.819 Judith von Altdorf (*800 +Tours 19.4.843)

      Childeren:
      B1. [1m.] Lothar I, Holy Roman Emperor (817/840-855), King of Italy (833-834)+(840-855), King of Bavaria, *Altdorf 795, +Prüm 29.9.855; 1m: Thionville 15.10.821 Ermengarde de Tours (*800 +20.3.851); 2m: Doda N (+after 9.7.855); 3m: NN
      B2. King Pepin I of Aquitaine (814-838), *797/803, +Poitiers 13.12.833/838; m.IX.822 Ingeltrude (+after 12.3.836), dau.of Theodebert of Madrie
      B3. Rotrude, *800, +ca 841; 1m: Cte Gerard I d'Auvergne (+25.6.841); 2m: Rather de Limoges B4. [1m.] Hildegard/Matilda, Abbess of Laon, *ca 802, +X.841; m.Ct Gerard I of Auvergne (*ca 795 +25.6.841) B5. Adelaide, *824, +after 866, Pss of Roma; m.Duke Robert of France (*820 +866) B6. [1m.] Louis II "the German", King of Bavaria (826-843), King of East Franks (843-876), King of West Lotharingia (869-876), Emperor (855-875), *ca 802/806, +Frankfurt a.M. 28.8.876; m.827 Hemma Welf (*by 818 +31.1.876)
      B7. [2m.] Pss Gisele of France, *ca 818/820, +1.7.876; m.836 Mgve Eberhard of Friaul (*ca 820 +Italy 16.12.866, buried in Cysoing) B8. [2m.] Charles II "the Bald", King of Aquitaine 838, King of West Franks (843-877), King of (East) Lotharingia (869-870), King of Italy (875-876), Emperor (875-877), *Frankfurt a.M. 15.5./13.6.823, +Avrieux=Bries-les-Bains 6.10.877, bur St.Denis, Paris; 1m: Crecy 14.12.842 Ermentrude (*Orleans ca 825/27.9.830, +6.10.869, St.Denis, Aude), a dau.of Ct Eudes I "of Orleans" and Ingeltrude de Paris; 2m: Aachen 22.1.870 Richildis of Metz (+910/914), dau.of Buwin of Metz
      B9. [1m.] Alpais, *ca 794, +23.7.after 851; m.Ct Bego I of Paris (+816) B10. Arnulf de Sens, *ca 790, +after 817

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestral File (TM).

    2. [S1] Ancestral File (TM).

    3. [S33] http://vandermerwede.net/.

    4. [S13] bright.ged.

    5. [S54] jean-pierre_masson.

    6. [S23] AUREJAC.GED.

    7. [S88] Vergy_Hugo_I.