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Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor


 

Louis II, (825875), Holy Roman Emperor (sole ruler 855875), eldest son of the emperor Lothair I, became the designated king of Italy in 839, and taking up his residence in that country was crowned king at Rome by Pope Sergius II on June 15, 844.

References

  • Annales Bertiniani and Chronica S. Benedicti Casinensis, both in the Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores, Bände i. and iii. (Hanover and Berlin, 1826 fol.)
  • E. Muhlbacher, Die Regesten des Kaiserreichs unter den Karolingern (Innsbruck, 1881)
  • Th. Sickel, Acta regum et imperatorum Karolinorum, digesta et enarrata (Vienna, 1867?1868)
  • E. Dummler, Geschichte des ostfrankischen Reiches (Leipzig, 1887?1888).