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Louis the Pious, the Glossary

Louis the Pious (Ludwig der Fromme; Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813.^[1]

188 relations: Aachen, Abbey of Saint-Arnould, Abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons, Abbey of Saint-Vaast, Adalard of Corbie, Agobard, Alamannia, Angeac-Charente, Antwerp, Aquitaine, Archbishop of Cologne, Ardennes, Arnulf of Sens, Attigny, Ardennes, Austrasia, Ébreuil, Barcelona, Basques, Battle of Roncevaux Pass, Bavaria, Benedict of Aniane, Benedict of Nursia, Bera, Count of Barcelona, Bernard of Italy, Bernard of Septimania, Borna (duke), Bretons, Brittany, Bulgaria, Burgundy, Cadolah of Friuli, Camille Jullian, Carolingian dynasty, Carolingian Empire, Cathwulf, Córdoba, Spain, Chalcedonian Christianity, Chalon-sur-Saône, Charlemagne, Charles Oman, Charles the Bald, Charles the Younger, Chasseneuil, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Clermont-Ferrand, Compiègne, Corbie, Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor, Council of Paderborn, Crémieu, ... Expand index (138 more) »
778 births
840 deaths
8th-century Frankish nobility
9th-century dukes of Bavaria
9th-century kings of Italy
Children of Charlemagne
People from Vienne (department)

Aachen

Aachen (French: Aix-la-Chapelle; Oche; Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.

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Abbey of Saint-Arnould

The Abbey of Saint-Arnould, St.

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Abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons

The Abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons was a Benedictine monastery, at one time held to be the greatest in France.

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Abbey of Saint-Vaast

The Abbey of St Vaast (Abbaye de Saint-Vaast) was a Benedictine monastery situated in Arras, département of Pas-de-Calais, France.

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Adalard of Corbie

Adalard of Corbie (Adalhardus Corbeiensis; c. 751, Huise – 2 January 827) was the son of Bernard who was the son of Charles Martel and half-brother of Pepin; Charlemagne was his cousin. Louis the Pious and Adalard of Corbie are Carolingian dynasty.

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Agobard

Agobard of Lyon (–840) was a Spanish-born priest and archbishop of Lyon, during the Carolingian Renaissance. Louis the Pious and Agobard are 840 deaths.

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Alamannia

Alamannia, or Alemania, was the kingdom established and inhabited by the Alemanni, a Germanic tribal confederation that had broken through the Roman limes in 213.

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Angeac-Charente

Angeac-Charente is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

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Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Aquitaine

Aquitaine (Aquitània; Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Aguiéne), archaic Guyenne or Guienne (Guiana), is a historical region of Southwestern France and a former administrative region.

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Archbishop of Cologne

The archbishop of Cologne governs the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne in western North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Ardennes

The Ardennes (Ardenne; Ardennen; Ardennen; Årdene; Ardennen), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France.

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Arnulf of Sens

Arnulf of Sens (c.794 – April, 841) was a Frankish noble, an illegitimate son of Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne. Louis the Pious and Arnulf of Sens are Carolingian dynasty and sons of emperors.

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Attigny, Ardennes

Attigny is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

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Austrasia

Austrasia was the northeastern kingdom within the core of the Frankish empire during the Early Middle Ages, centring on the Meuse, Middle Rhine and the Moselle rivers.

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Ébreuil

Ébreuil (Auvergnat: Esbreule) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.

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Basques

The Basques (or; euskaldunak; vascos; basques) are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians.

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Battle of Roncevaux Pass

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass (French and English spelling, Roncesvalles in Spanish, Orreaga in Basque) in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush a part of Charlemagne's army in Roncevaux Pass, a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present border between France and Spain, after his invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Bavaria

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.

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Benedict of Aniane

Benedict of Aniane (Benedictus Anianensis; Benedikt von Aniane; 747 – 12 February 821 AD), born Witiza and called the Second Benedict, was a Benedictine monk and monastic reformer who had a substantial impact on the religious practice of the Carolingian Empire.

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Benedict of Nursia

Benedict of Nursia (Benedictus Nursiae; Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March 480 – 21 March 547), often known as Saint Benedict, was an Italian Catholic monk.

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Bera, Count of Barcelona

Bera (died 844) was the first count of Barcelona from 801 until his deposition in 820.

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Bernard of Italy

Bernard (797 – 17 April 818) was an illegitimate son of Pepin of Italy and the King of Italy from 810 to 818. Louis the Pious and Bernard of Italy are 9th-century kings of Italy, Frankish warriors and medieval child monarchs.

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Bernard of Septimania

Bernard (or Bernat) of Septimania (795–844), son of William of Gellone and cousin of Charlemagne, was the Duke of Septimania and Count of Barcelona from 826 to 832 and again from 835 to his execution, and also Count of Carcassonne from 837.

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Borna (duke)

Borna was the duke of Croatia from to 821 and vassal of the Frankish Empire.

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Bretons

The Bretons (Bretoned or) are an ethnic group native to Brittany, north-western France.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne,; Breizh,; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Burgundy

Burgundy (Bourgogne; Burgundian: bourguignon) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France.

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Cadolah of Friuli

Cadolah (or Cadalaus) (also Cadolach, Chadalhoh or Chadolah) (died 819) was the Duke of Friuli from 817 to his death.

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Camille Jullian

Camille Jullian (15 March 1859 – 12 December 1933) was a French historian, philologist, archaeologist and historian of literature.

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Carolingian dynasty

The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.

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Carolingian Empire

The Carolingian Empire (800–887) was a Frankish-dominated empire in Western and Central Europe during the Early Middle Ages.

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Cathwulf

Cathwulf (Cathuulfus) was an Anglo-Saxon learned man active in Francia.

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Córdoba, Spain

Córdoba, or sometimes Cordova, is a city in Andalusia, Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba.

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Chalcedonian Christianity

Chalcedonian Christianity is a term referring to the branches of Christianity that accept and uphold theological resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council, held in 451.

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Chalon-sur-Saône

Chalon-sur-Saône (literally Chalon on Saône) is a city in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

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Charlemagne

Charlemagne (2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor, of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire, from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814. Louis the Pious and Charlemagne are 9th-century dukes of Bavaria, 9th-century kings of Italy, Carolingian dynasty and Frankish warriors.

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Charles Oman

Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian.

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Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald (Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). Louis the Pious and Charles the Bald are 9th-century kings of Italy, Carolingian dynasty, Frankish warriors and sons of emperors.

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Charles the Younger

Charles the Younger (– 4 December 811) was the son of the Frankish ruler Charlemagne and his wife Queen Hildegard. Louis the Pious and Charles the Younger are 8th-century Frankish nobility, Carolingian dynasty, Children of Charlemagne, Frankish warriors and sons of emperors.

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Chasseneuil

Chasseneuil is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

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Chasseneuil-du-Poitou

Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (literally Chasseneuil of Poitou) is a commune in the Vienne department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France.

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Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 147,284 (2020).

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Compiègne

Compiègne (Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

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Corbie

Corbie (Korbei; Picard:Corbin) is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor received the imperial regalia from the hands of the Pope, symbolizing both the pope's right to crown Christian sovereigns and also the emperor's role as protector of the Catholic Church.

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Council of Paderborn

The Council of Paderborn of 785 was an important piece in the Christianization of the Saxons and aided in establishing a short lived peace by force between the Saxons and Franks.

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Crémieu

Crémieu is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

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Dalmatia

Dalmatia (Dalmacija; Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Central Croatia, Slavonia, and Istria, located on the east shore of the Adriatic Sea in Croatia.

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Danes (tribe)

The Danes were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Scandinavia, including the area now comprising Denmark proper, northern and eastern England, and the Scanian provinces of modern-day southern Sweden, during the Nordic Iron Age and the Viking Age.

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Dorestad

Dorestad (Dorestat, Duristat) was an early medieval emporium, located in the southeast of the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands, close to the modern-day town of Wijk bij Duurstede.

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Doué-la-Fontaine

Doué-la-Fontaine is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Drava

The Drava or Drave (Drau,; Drava; Drava; Dráva; Drava), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe. by Jürgen Utrata (2014). Retrieved 10 Apr 2014. With a length of,, 27 November 2014 or, if the length of its Sextner Bach source is added, it is the fifth or sixth longest tributary of the Danube, after the Tisza, Sava, Prut, Mureș and likely Siret.

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Drogo of Metz

Drogo (17 June 801 – 8 December 855), also known as Dreux or Drogon, was an illegitimate son of Frankish emperor Charlemagne by the concubine Regina. Louis the Pious and Drogo of Metz are Carolingian dynasty, Children of Charlemagne and sons of emperors.

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Duchy of Aquitaine

The Duchy of Aquitaine (Ducat d'Aquitània,; Duché d'Aquitaine) was a historical fiefdom located in the western, central and southern areas of present-day France, south of the river Loire.

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Duchy of Benevento

The Duchy of Benevento (after 774, Principality of Benevento) was the southernmost Lombard duchy in the Italian Peninsula that was centred on Benevento, a city in Southern Italy.

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Duchy of Gascony

The Duchy of Gascony or Duchy of Vasconia was a duchy located in present-day southwestern France and northeastern Spain, an area encompassing the modern region of Gascony.

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Duchy of Swabia

The Duchy of Swabia (German: Herzogtum Schwaben; Latin: Ducatus Allemaniæ) was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German Kingdom.

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Dukes and margraves of Friuli

The dukes and margraves of Friuli were the rulers of the Duchy and March of Friuli in the Middle Ages.

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East Francia

East Francia (Latin: Francia orientalis) or the Kingdom of the East Franks (Regnum Francorum orientalium) was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911.

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Ebbo

Ebbo or Ebo (– 20 March 851) was the Archbishop of Rheims from 816 until 835 and again from 840 to 841.

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Eberhard of Friuli

Eberhard (c. 815 – 16 December 867) was the Frankish Duke of Friuli from 846.

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Einhard

Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart; E(g)inhardus; 775 – 14 March 840) was a Frankish scholar and courtier. Louis the Pious and Einhard are 840 deaths.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Ermengarde of Hesbaye

Ermengarde (or Irmingard) of Hesbaye (778 – 3 October 818), probably a member of the Robertian dynasty, was Carolingian empress from 813 and Queen of the Franks from 814 until her death as the wife of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious. Louis the Pious and Ermengarde of Hesbaye are 8th-century Frankish nobility.

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Field of Lies

Lügenfeld, Lugenfeild, or Field of Lies (833 CE) was the name for a battle/encounter that took place between Louis the Pious, the Carolingian Emperor and his rebellious sons.

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François Louis Ganshof

François Louis Ganshof (14 March 1895 – 26 July 1980) was a Belgian medievalist.

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Francia

The Kingdom of the Franks (Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.

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Free Imperial City of Aachen

The Free Imperial City of Aachen, also known in English by its French name of Aix-la-Chapelle and today known simply as Aachen, was a Free Imperial City and spa of the Holy Roman Empire west of Cologne and southeast of the Low Countries, in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle.

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Frisia

Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe.

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Gallo-Roman culture

Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire.

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Garonne

The Garonne (also,; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and Garona.,; Garumna. or Garunna) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain.

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Gascony

Gascony (Gascogne; Gasconha; Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453).

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Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious

Gisela (born 820) was the only daughter of Louis the Pious and his second wife, Judith of Bavaria. Louis the Pious and Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious are Carolingian dynasty.

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Grimoald IV of Benevento

Grimoald IV (assassinated 817), son of Ermenrih, called Falco, was the Lombard Prince of Benevento from 806 until his death.

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Hildebold

Hildebold (died 3 September 818) was the Bishop of Cologne from 787 until 795 and the first Archbishop of Cologne thereafter.

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Hildegard (queen)

Hildegard (– 30 April 783) was a Frankish queen and the wife of Charlemagne from until her death. Louis the Pious and Hildegard (queen) are 8th-century Frankish nobility.

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Hilduin of Saint-Denis

Hilduin (c. 785 – c. 855) was Bishop of Paris, chaplain to Louis I, reforming Abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Denis, and author.

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Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum, Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (Imperator Germanorum, Roman-German emperor), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Hugh (abbot of Saint-Quentin)

Hugh or Hugo (802–844) was the illegitimate son of Charlemagne and his concubine Regina, with whom he had one other son: Bishop Drogo of Metz (801–855). Louis the Pious and Hugh (abbot of Saint-Quentin) are Carolingian dynasty, Children of Charlemagne and sons of emperors.

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Hugh of Tours

Hugh (or Hugo) (– 837) was the count of Tours and Sens during the reigns of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious, until his disgrace in February 828.

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Hunald II

Hunald II, also spelled Hunold, Hunoald, Hunuald or Chunoald (French: Hunaud), was the Duke of Aquitaine from 768 until 769. Louis the Pious and Hunald II are 8th-century Frankish nobility and Frankish warriors.

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Ingelheim am Rhein

Ingelheim, officially Ingelheim am Rhein (Ingelheim upon Rhine), is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany.

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Ingelheim Imperial Palace

The Ingelheim Imperial Palace (Ingelheimer Kaiserpfalz) was an important imperial palace erected in the second half of the 8th century in Germany.

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Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye

Ingerman (Ingram, Enguerrand) (c. 750-818), was a Frankish noble and Count of Hesbaye, son of a brother of Saint Chrodegang, the Bishop of Metz and therefore grandson of Sigramnus of Hesbaye. Louis the Pious and Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye are 8th-century Frankish nobility.

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Iron Crown

The Iron Crown (in Italian, Latin, and Lombard: Corona Ferrea; Eiserne Krone) is a reliquary votive crown, traditionally considered one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom.

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Italian language

Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.

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Judith of Bavaria (died 843)

Judith of Bavaria (797 – 19 April 843) was the Carolingian empress as the second wife of Louis the Pious. Louis the Pious and Judith of Bavaria (died 843) are Carolingian dynasty.

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King of Italy

King of Italy (Re d'Italia; Rex Italiae) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

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Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva (Léman, lac Léman, rarely lac de Genève; Lago Lemano; Genfersee; Lai da Genevra) is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France.

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Leibulf of Provence

Leibulf, Leybulf, or Letibulf was the Count of Provence in the early ninth century.

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List of bishops of Metz

This is a list of bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Metz, which now lies in eastern France.

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List of dukes and princes of Benevento

This is a list of the dukes and princes of Benevento.

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List of Frankish kings

The Franks, Germanic-speaking peoples that invaded the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, were first led by individuals called dukes and reguli.

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Ljudevit (Lower Pannonia)

Ljudevit or Liudewit (Liudewitus), often also Ljudevit Posavski, was the Duke of the Slavs in Lower Pannonia from 810 to 823.

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Loire

The Loire (Léger; Lêre; Liger; Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world.

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Lothair I

Lothair I (Dutch and Medieval Latin: Lotharius; German: Lothar; French: Lothaire; Italian: Lotario; 795 – 29 September 855) was a 9th-century Carolingian emperor (817–855, with his father until 840) and king of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (843–855). Louis the Pious and Lothair I are 9th-century dukes of Bavaria, 9th-century kings of Italy, Frankish warriors and sons of emperors.

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Lotharingia

Lotharingia was a medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian Empire.

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Louis the German

Louis the German (c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Louis the Pious and Louis the German are 9th-century dukes of Bavaria, Frankish warriors and sons of emperors.

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Low Countries

The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).

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Lupus III Centule of Gascony

Lupo III Centule (Basque: Otsoa Wasco, French: Loup Centulle, Gascon: Lop Centullo, Latin: Lupus Centullus, Spanish: Lope or Lobo Centulo, Catalan: Llop Centoll) (died ca. 820) was the Duke of Gascony briefly from 818 until his deposition by Pepin I of Aquitaine in 819.

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March of Pannonia

The March of Pannonia or Eastern March (marcha orientalis) was a frontier march of the Carolingian Empire, named after the former Roman province of Pannonia and carved out of the preceding and larger Avar March.

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Matfrid

Matfrid (died 836) was the Frankish count of Orléans in the reign of Emperor Louis the Pious.

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Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, among other names,The day is also known as Great and Holy Thursday, Holy and Great Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries.

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Merovingian dynasty

The Merovingian dynasty was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until 751.

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Metz

Metz (Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.

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Middle Francia

Middle Francia (Francia media) was a short-lived Frankish kingdom which was created in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun after an intermittent civil war between the grandsons of Charlemagne resulted in division of the united empire.

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Miles Christianus

The miles Christianus (Christian soldier) or miles Christi (soldier of Christ) is a Christian allegory based on New Testament military metaphors, especially the Armor of God metaphor of military equipment standing for Christian virtues and on certain passages of the Old Testament from the Latin Vulgate.

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Missus dominicus

A missus dominicus (plural missi dominici), Latin for "envoy of the lord " or palace inspector, also known in Dutch as Zendgraaf (German: Sendgraf), meaning "sent Graf", was an official commissioned by the Frankish king or Holy Roman Emperor to supervise the administration, mainly of justice, in parts of his dominions too remote for frequent personal visits.

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Neustria

Neustria was the western part of the Kingdom of the Franks during the Early Middle Ages, in contrast to the eastern Frankish kingdom, Austrasia.

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Nijmegen

Nijmegen (Nijmeegs: italics) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole.

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Noirmoutier

Noirmoutier (also French: Île de Noirmoutier,; Nervouster, Nermouster) is a tidal island off the Atlantic coast of France in the Vendée department (85).

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Obotrites

The Obotrites (Obotriti, Abodritorum, Abodritos…) or Obodrites, also spelled Abodrites (Abodriten), were a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany (see Polabian Slavs).

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Omurtag of Bulgaria

Omurtag (or Omortag) also known as Murtag or Murtagon (Омуртаг; original ΜορτάγωνTheophanes Continuatus, p.64 and George Kedrenos and ΟμουρτάγВеселин Бешевлиев, Първобългарски надписи.

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Orléans

Orléans ((US) and) is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres (74 miles) southwest of Paris.

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Paderborn

Paderborn (Westphalian: Patterbuorn, also Paterboärn) is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district.

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Paganism

Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

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Pamplona

Pamplona (Iruña) is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain.

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Papal coronation

A papal coronation is the formal ceremony of the placing of the papal tiara on a newly elected pope.

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Partible inheritance

Partible inheritance, sometimes also called partitive, is a system of inheritance in which property is apportioned among heirs.

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Penance

Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of repentance for sins committed, as well as an alternate name for the Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession.

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Pepin I of Aquitaine

Pepin I or Pepin I of Aquitaine (French: Pépin; 797 – 13 December 838) was King of Aquitaine and Duke of Maine. Louis the Pious and Pepin I of Aquitaine are Frankish warriors and sons of emperors.

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Pepin II of Aquitaine

Pepin II, called the Younger (823 – after 864 in Senlis), was King of Aquitaine from 838 as the successor upon the death of his father, Pepin I. Pepin II was eldest son of Pepin I and Ingeltrude, daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie. Louis the Pious and Pepin II of Aquitaine are Frankish warriors.

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Pepin of Italy

Pepin or Pippin (777 – 8 July 810) was King of Italy from 781 until his death in 810. Louis the Pious and Pepin of Italy are 9th-century kings of Italy, Children of Charlemagne, Frankish warriors and sons of emperors.

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Pierre Riché

Pierre Riché (October 4, 1921 – May 6, 2019) was a French historian specializing in the early Middle Ages and the year 1000 (French: An mil or An mille).

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Placitum

In the early Middle Ages, a placitum (Latin for "plea") was a public judicial assembly.

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Poitiers

Poitiers (Poitevin: Poetàe) is a city on the River Clain in west-central France.

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Pope Gregory IV

Pope Gregory IV (Gregorius IV; died 25 January 844) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from October 827 to his death.

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Pope Leo III

Pope Leo III (Leo III; died 12 June 816) was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 26 December 795 to his death.

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Pope Paschal I

Pope Paschal I (Paschalis I; died 824) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 25 January 817 to his death in 824.

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Pope Stephen IV

Pope Stephen IV (Stephanus IV; died January 817) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from June 816 to his death.

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Prüm

Prüm is a town in the Westeifel (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany.

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Prosopography

Prosopography is an investigation of the common characteristics of a group of people, whose individual biographies may be largely untraceable.

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Provence

Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

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Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain.

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Quierzy

Quierzy, also known as Quierzy-sur-Oise (formerly in Cariciacum, Carisiacum, Charisagum, Karisiacum), is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France, straddling the Oise River between Noyon and Chauny.

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Rabanus Maurus

Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist and military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia.

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Regent

In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.

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Reims

Reims (also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France.

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Rhine

--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon

The Archdiocese of Lyon (Archidiœcesis Lugdunensis; Archidiocèse de Lyon), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims

The Archdiocese of Reims or Rheims (Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: Archidiocèse de Reims) is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens

The Diocese of Amiens (Latin: Dioecesis Ambianensis; French: Diocèse d'Amiens) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France.

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Roman villa

A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions.

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Rorik of Dorestad

Rorik (Roricus, Rorichus; Hrœrekr; –) was a Danish Viking, who ruled over parts of Friesland between 841 and 873, conquering Dorestad and Utrecht in 850.

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Rosamond McKitterick

Rosamond Deborah McKitterick (born 31 May 1949) is an English medieval historian.

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Rule of Saint Benedict

The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Sancti Benedicti) is a book of precepts written in Latin by St. Benedict of Nursia (c. AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.

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Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France.

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Sancho I of Gascony

Sancho I López or Lupus Sancho (also Lupo; Antso Otsoa, French: Sanche Loup, Gascony: Sans Lop) was a Duke of Gascony between the years 801 and 812.

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Sava

The Sava is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube.

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Saxony

Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.

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Seguin I of Gascony

Seguin I Lupo was Duke of Gascony from 812 until 816, when Louis the Pious deposed him "because of his boundless arrogance and wicked ways", according to the contemporary Frankish chroniclers.

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Septimania

Septimania is a historical region in modern-day southern France.

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Sico of Benevento

Sico (758 – 832) was the Lombard Prince of Benevento from 817 to his death.

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Siege of Barcelona (801)

The siege of Barcelona was a military operation by a Carolingian army with the aim of conquering the city of Barcelona, which had been under Muslim control for 80 years.

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Slavomir (Obotrite prince)

Slavomir (died 821 in Saxony) was a legendary tribal prince of the ObotritesIn Frankish sources, he is titled king.

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Slavs

The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages.

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Slavs in Lower Pannonia

Early Slavs settled in the eastern and southern parts of the former Roman province of Pannonia.

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Slovenes

The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians (Slovenci), are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia, and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria and Hungary.

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Sorbs

Sorbs (Serbja, Serby, Sorben, Lužičtí Srbové, Serbołużyczanie; also known as Lusatians, Lusatian Serbs and Wends) are a West Slavic ethnic group predominantly inhabiting the parts of Lusatia located in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg.

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Southern Italy

Southern Italy (Sud Italia,, or Italia meridionale,; 'o Sudde; Italia dû Suddi), also known as Meridione or Mezzogiorno (Miezojuorno; Menzujornu), is a macroregion of Italy consisting of its southern regions.

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Spanish March

The Spanish March or Hispanic March was a military buffer zone established c.795 by Charlemagne in the eastern Pyrenees and nearby areas, to protect the new territories of the Christian Carolingian Empire - the Duchy of Gascony, the Duchy of Aquitaine, and Septimania - from the Muslim Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba in al-Andalus.

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St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier

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Synod of Thionville

The Synod of Thionville was a synod (or council) of ecclesiastic dignitaries of the Carolingian Empire in 835.

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Thegan of Trier

Thegan of Trier (or Degan of Treves) (before 800 – ca. 850) was a Frankish Roman Catholic prelate and the author of Gesta Hludowici imperatoris which is a principal source for the life of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious, the son and successor of Charlemagne.

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Theodosius I

Theodosius I (Θεοδόσιος; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also called Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395.

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Theodulf of Orléans

Theodulf of Orléans (Saragossa, Spain, 750(/60) – 18 December 821) was a writer, poet and the Bishop of Orléans (c. 798 to 818) during the reign of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious.

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Thionville

Thionville (Diedenhofen) is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle.

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Tortona

Tortona (Torton-a,; Dertona) is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy.

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Tours

Tours (meaning Towers) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Treaty of Verdun

The Treaty of Verdun, agreed in, divided the Frankish Empire into three kingdoms between Lothair I, Louis II and Charles II, the surviving sons of the emperor Louis I, the son and successor of Charlemagne.

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Trier

Trier (Tréier), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany.

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Umayyad state of Córdoba

The Umayyad state of Córdoba was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031.

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Utrecht

Utrecht (Utrecht dialect) is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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Verberie

Verberie is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

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Vikings

Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.

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Visigoths

The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity.

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Vita Hludovici

Vita Hludovici or Vita Hludovici Imperatoris (The Life of Louis or the Life of the Emperor Louis) is an anonymous biography of Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks from AD 814 to 840.

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Waiofar

Waiofar, also spelled Waifar, Waifer or Waiffre (died 2 June 768), was the last independent Duke of Aquitaine from 745 to 768.

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Wala of Corbie

Wala (c. 755 – 31 August 836) was a son of Bernard, son of Charles Martel, and one of the principal advisers of his cousin Charlemagne, of Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious, and of Louis's son Lothair I. He succeeded his brother Adalard as abbot of Corbie and its new daughter foundation, Corvey, in 826 or 827. Louis the Pious and Wala of Corbie are Carolingian dynasty.

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Weingarten, Württemberg

Weingarten (German for "wine garden"; Low Alemannic: Wãẽgaade) is a town with a population of 25,000 in Württemberg, in the District of Ravensburg, in the valley of the Schussen River.

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Welf (father of Judith)

Welf I (or Hwelf; died about 825) is the first documented ancestor of the Elder House of Welf.

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Weregild

Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld (in archaic/historical usage of English), weregeld, etc.), also known as man price (blood money), was a precept in some historical legal codes whereby a monetary value was established for a person's life, to be paid as a fine or as compensatory damages to the person's family if that person was killed or injured by another.

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West Francia

In medieval historiography, West Francia (Medieval Latin: Francia occidentalis) or the Kingdom of the West Franks constitutes the initial stage of the Kingdom of France and extends from the year 843, from the Treaty of Verdun, to 987, the beginning of the Capetian dynasty.

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Worms, Germany

Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about south-southwest of Frankfurt am Main.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious

Also known as Emperor Louis I, Emperor Louis the Pious, Emperor of the West Louis I, French king Louis I, Hludowicus Pius, Le Debonnaire Louis I, Louis Débonnaire, Louis I (Holy Roman Emperor), Louis I (Holy Roman Empire), Louis I of France, Louis I of Germany, Louis I of Italy, Louis I of the Holy Roman Empire, Louis I the Fair, Louis I the Pious, Louis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis The Fair, Louis le Débonnaire, Louis le Pieux, Louis the Debonair, Louis the Debonaire, Louis the Débonnaire, Louis the Pius, Louis, King of the Franks, Ludovico I of Italy, Ludovico Pío, Ludwig I der Fromme, Ludwig I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ludwig der Fromme, Ludwig the Pious, Ordinatio Imperii.

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