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Also Known As Ludwig das Kind • Louis the Child
Born 893 • Germany
Died September 20, 911 or September 24, 911
Title / Office king (899-911), Francia Orientalis
House / Dynasty Carolingian dynasty
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Louis II
king of the East Franks
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Arnulf
Holy Roman emperor
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Louis III
king of the East Franks
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Hatto I
archbishop of Mainz
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Grimoald
duke of Benevento
Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Illuminated manuscript portrait of Louis the Pious as a Christian Roman emperor, holding a staff and shield, with Latin text arranged around and over the figure.
Louis I
Holy Roman emperor
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Clovis I
Merovingian king
Charles Martel in full armour.
Charles Martel
Frankish ruler
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St. Gregory of Tours
Frankish scholar
Chromolithograph of Pippin III wearing a gold tunic with scale-like armor, a blue cape, a crown, and holding a sword, standing against a plain background.
Pippin III
king of the Franks
Rabanus Maurus
Rabanus Maurus
Frankish archbishop
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Brunhild
queen of Austrasia
Lothar I
Lothar I
Holy Roman emperor
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Charles II
Holy Roman emperor
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Lothar
king of Lotharingia
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Chilperic I
Merovingian king
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Louis II
emperor of Franks
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Ebbo of Reims
French archbishop
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Saint Zacharias
pope

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