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Which kingdoms did Louis I assign to Pippin and Louis the German?
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Louis I
Louis the Pious as a Christian Roman Emperor, portrait from De laudibus sanctae crucis by Rabanus Maurus.
Under the Ordinatio imperii, a decree issued by Louis I in 817 to ensure the unity of the empire, the emperor assigned specific kingdoms to his sons to be held under the general suzerainty of his eldest son, Lothar I:1