Abt 805 - 876 (~ 71 years)
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Name |
Louis II the German [1] |
Suffix |
King of East Franks |
Born |
Abt 805 |
Gender |
Male |
Acceded |
817 |
King of Bavaria |
- was made the King of Bavaria from 817 following the Emperor Charlemagne's practice of bestowing a local kingdom on a family member who then served as one of his lieutenants and the local governor. (817\endash 843)
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Acceded |
11 Aug 843 |
King of East Francia |
- When his father, Louis I (called the pious), partitioned the empire toward the end of his reign in 843, he was made King of East Francia (11 August 843 until his death)
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_FSFTID |
LH3F-6TH |
_FSLINK |
https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LH3F-6TH |
Died |
28 Aug 876 |
Notes |
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Person ID |
I2825 |
Glenn Cook Family |
Last Modified |
26 Jan 2015 |
Father |
Louis I The Pious of Aquitaine, King of France, b. Aug 778, Chassanuiel, Aquitaine, France , d. 20 Jun 840 (Age ~ 61 years) |
Mother |
Irmengard of Hesbain, Queen of the Franks, b. 778, Hesbaye, Leidge, Belgium , d. 3 Oct 818 (Age 40 years) |
Married |
798 |
Family ID |
F775 |
Group Sheet |
Family |
Emma (Hemma)of Bavaria, Queen consort of Bavaria, b. 808, d. 31 Jan 876 (Age 68 years) |
Married |
827 |
Regensburg, Bayern, Germany |
Children |
| 1. Hildegarde of Bavaria, Abbess of Zurich, b. 828, d. 23 Dec 856 (Age 28 years) |
| 2. Carloman of Bavaria, King of Bavaria, b. Abt 828, d. 29 Sep 880 (Age ~ 52 years) |
| 3. Louis III the Young, King of East Franks, b. 835, Bavaria, East Fracia , d. 20 Jan 882, Frankfurt, Bayern, Germany (Age 47 years) |
| 4. Charles III the Fat, King of West Franks, b. 13 Jun 839, East Francia , d. 13 Jan 888, Neidingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Age 48 years) |
| 5. Irmgard of Chiemsee, first Abbess of Chiemsee, b. Between 830 and 833, Regensburg, Bayern, Germany , d. 16 Jul 866, Frauenchiemsee, Bayern, Germany (Age ~ 36 years) |
| 6. Gisela, d. Yes, date unknown |
| 7. Bertha, b. 877, d. Yes, date unknown |
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Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
Family ID |
F1599 |
Group Sheet |
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Photos |
 | 3_sons_of_Louis_the_German.jpg A fourteenth-century depiction of the three sons of Louis the German — Carloman, Louis the Younger, and Charles — swearing an oath to him. Louis the German is here depicted as a French king, wearing the fleur-de-lis.
In the Grandes Chroniques de France |
 | Louis II the German, King of Eastern Francia Seal with Louis' inscription and effigy. |
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Sources |
- [S36] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England([email protected]), (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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