Louis I "the Pious" Carolingien Holy Roman Emperor
- Born: Aug 778, Garonne 530
- Marriage (1): Ermengarde of Hasbaye between 794 and 795
- Marriage (2): Judith of Bavaria in Feb 819 in France 530
- Died: 20 Jun 840, Petersaue, Eine Insel em Rhein, Nahe Ingelheim at age 61 160,530
- Buried: Cathâedrale d'Aachen, Aachen, Rheinland
 General Notes:
~ Weis's Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 140:14, 144A:14, 146:14, 148:14, 191A:16, Louis I, "the Fair," son of Charlemagne and Hildegarde, Emperor 814-840, married Ermengarde, daughter of Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye and Judith of Bavaria, daughter of Welf I, Duke of Bavaria. They were the parents of Lothair I, King of Italy, 816-855 & Holy Roman emperor, 840-855; Rotrude who married Count Gerard of Auvergen.
Louis I, "the Fair," married, as his second wife, Judith of Bavaria, daughter of Welf I, Duke of Bavaria and the were the parents of Gisčle who married Eberhard, Margrave of Friuli. 160
~Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III, pp. 18, 55, 99, 116, 130, 145, 151, 158, 182, 255, Louis "le Debonnaire," King of the Franks, Emperor of the West, born at Garonne, Aug 778, died near Mainz, 20 Jun 840. He was King of Aquitaine, Louis I married, as his first wife, Emengarde, daughter of Ingerman, Count of Hasbaye.
Louis I married as his second wife Judith of Bavaria, daughter Guelph I, Count of Altdorf and Duke of Bavaria and his wife Edith of Saxony. 530
Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information: 726
Louis's father, Charlemagne, who died in 814, had intended to split his empire between his sons, but all except Louis predeceased him. Louis, therefore became sole heir to the Empire.
His was a troubled reign. He exiled some of his father's closest advisors (including two cousins) immediately upon his succession. In 817, Louis declared that his eldest son, Lothar, would succeed him as Emporer and that his two younger sons, Louis the German and Pepin would be given kingdoms within the Empire.
The three sons were satisfied with this arrangement. Louis had a nephew, Bernard, who had succeeded his father, Pepin, as King of Italy in 812. Louis made no provision for Bernard in the succession plan. Bernard, feeling he had been slighted, revolted against Louis. Louis put down the revolt and had Bernard blinded.
In 823 Louis' second wife bore him a son, Charles. Louis made known that he planned to include Charles in his succession plans. This was not acceptable to Charles' half brothers, Lothar and Louis. From the late 820s until his death in 840, Louis was in a continual struggle with one or more of his sons. Three years of bitter civil war followed Louis' death. The Treaty of Verdun in 843 finally brought some resolution.
Lothar was recognized as Emporer and was given soverignty in an area which was to become known as "the Middle Kingdom" stretching from the North Sea to Rome.
Louis the German became soverign over the portion of the old Empire east of Lothars's (basically modern day Germany) and Charkes became soverign over the portion of the old Empire west of Lothars's (modern day France). The other brother, Pepin had died in 838.
Lothar, even though he retained the title of Emporer, had no authority in Louis' or Charles' domains. It was during these times of unrest, towards the end of Louis' reign that the Vikings began to make their first raids the northern coast of the Empire, occasionally venturing inland as well.
~Fenwich Allied Ancestry, p. 63
• Web Reference: Louis le pieux.
• Web Reference:
Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Carolingians
Emperor Louis I was the son of Charles I, King of the Franks and his second wife, Hildegard. Louis's first wife was Ermengard, daughter of Engurrand comté de Hesbaye. His second wife was Judith, daughter of Welf I Graf von Altdorf and his wife Heilwig.
"He is named, and his parentage recorded, in the Gesta Mettensium, which specifies that he was his parents' third son, born a twin with his brother Hlothar [Pauli Gesta Episcop. Mettensium, MGH SS II, p. 265]. Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names the wife of Emperor Ludwig "filiam nobilissimi ducis Ingorammi…Irmingarda" [Thegani Vita Hludowici Imperatoris 4, MGH SS II, p. 591]. The Gesta Francorum records the death "818 V Non Oct" of "Irmingardis regina" [Gesta quorundam regum Francorum 818, MGH SS I, p. 356]."
"The Annales Xantenses record the marriage in Feb 819 of "Ludewicus imperator" and "Iudith" [Gesta quorundam regum Francorum 818, MGH SS I, p. 356]. Thegan names "filiam Hwelfi ducis sui, qui erat de nobolissima progenie Bawariorum…Iudith…ex parte matris…Eigilwi nobilissimi generic Saxonici" as second wife of Emperor Ludwig, specifying that she was "enim pulchra valde" [Thegani Vita Hludowici Imperatoris 26, MGH SS II, p. 596]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XIII Kal Mai" of "Judith regina" [Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Denis, p. 315]."
Louis married Ermengarde of Hasbaye, daughter of Enguerrand comté de Hesbaye and Unknown, between 794 and 795. (Ermengarde of Hasbaye was born in 740-781 in Hesbaye, Belgium and died on 3 Oct 818 in Angers, France.)
Louis next married Judith of Bavaria, daughter of Welf duc de Bavaria and Heilwig, in Feb 819 in France.240 (Judith of Bavaria was born about 800 in Bavaria and died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France 530.)
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