Charles the Younger (d. 811)
Carloman/Pippin, King of Lombards (r. 781-810)
Louis the Pious, King of Aquitaine (r. 781-814)
Image Link: Carolingian Family Tree:
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813 Charlemagne has Louis the Pious recognised
as heir to whole empire
814 Death of Charlemagne, succession of
Louis the Pious (r. 814-40)
817 Louis issues Ordinatio Imperii. Rebellion
and death of Bernard
Louis II the German (d. 876) - Bavaria
Pippin I (d. 838) - Aquitaine
Lothar (d. 855) - the rest, starting with Italy
818 Death of Irmingard
819 Louis the Pious marries Judith of Bavaria
823 Birth of Charles the Bald
Being “the Pious”:
Monastic reform
Benedict of Aniane
(d. 821)
816 and 817 Church councils
Guardian of morality
Being “the Pious”:
Early 820s Reconciliation with opponents
and family
822 Penance at Attigny. Reconfirmation of
Ordinatio Imperii
Theodosius (r. 379-95)
Administrative Reforms:
Collection of capitularies
Missi dominici to inspect counties and
monasteries
2-3 public assemblies per year
Foreign Relations:
Intervention in Britanny and Slavic lands
Encouraging conversion of Slavs
Map Link: Division of the Frankish state according to
Ordinatio Imperii:
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Foreign Relations:
Pippin’s unsuccessful wars in Spanish
March
Matfrid of Orléans
Hugh of Tours
815 Louis the Pious crowned emperor
by pope, defines Frankish-papal
relations
829 Louis the Pious grants Charles the Bald
Alemannia, Rhaetia and part of Burgundy
830 Rebellion led by Lothar, Matfrid of
Orléans and Hugh of Tours, with Pippin I
of Aquitaine
Bernard of Septimania/Barcelona
Map Link: Partage du royaume 829:
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831 Louis the Pious, with support of Louis the
German, negotiates settlement
832 Louis the German attempts to annexe
Alemannia. Louis the Pious grants
Aquitaine to Charles the Bald, deposing
Pippin I of Aquitaine
833 Rebellion! (again)
833 The Field of Lies. Lothar, Louis the German
and Pippin I of Aquitaine depose Louis the
Pious, who is forced to do penance. Lothar
becomes emperor
834 Rescue of Louis the Pious by nobles
probably incl. Louis the German. Louis
the Pious restored to imperial throne
835 Ceremonial re-arming of Louis the Pious.
Deposition of Lothar
837-39 Repeated divisions of empire
839-40 Louis the German rebels against Louis
the Pious. Louis the Pious puts down
revolt
840 Death of Louis the Pious
Map Link: The Carolingian and Byzantine Empires:
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“The Astronomer”
Anonymous author of Vita Hludovici
Imperatoris (Life of the Emperor Louis)
Demonstrates interest in astronomical matters
Wrote work just after 840, probably using
court archive
Agobard of Lyons (c. 779-840)
Archbishop of Lyons from 814
Wrote against heresy, superstition, Judaism
833 Wrote in support of deposition of Louis
the Pious
835 Removed from archdiocese and exiled
838 Restored to archdiocese