Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire

778 - 840  (62 years)

• Name	Louis the Pious   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Emperor of the Carolingian Empire
  Birth	16 Apr 778	Chasseneuil, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
  Baptism	12 Apr 781	Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jun 840	Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  Burial	Abbey of Saint-Arnould, Metz, Moselle, Grand Est, France
  Person ID	I371	Piast Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Charlemagne, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire Charlemagne,   b. 2 Apr 747   d. 28 Jan 814, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Hildegard of Anglachgau, Queen of the Franks,   b. Abt. 757, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France d. 30 Apr 783, Thionville, Essonne, Île-de-France, France (Age ~ 26 years)
  Marriage	771  [1, 2, 6]
  Family ID	F145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ermengarde of Hesbaye, Empress of the Carolingian Empire,   b. Abt. 778   d. 3 Oct 818, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	Abt. 794
  Children	+ 1. Lothair I of France, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire,   b. 795   d. 29 Sep 855 (Age 60 years)   2. Pepin I of Aquitaine, King of Aquitaine,   b. 797   d. 838 (Age 41 years)   3. Adelaide of France,   b. Abt. 799   4. Rotrude of France,   b. 800   5. Hildegard of France, Abbess of Notre-Dame in Laon,   b. Abt. 802   6. Louis the German, King of Bavaria,   b. Abt. 806   d. 876 (Age ~ 70 years)
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Judith of Bavaria, Empress of the Carolingian Empire,   b. Abt. 797   d. 19 Apr 843, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age ~ 46 years)
  Children	+ 1. Gisela of Francia, Duchess of Friuli,   b. 820   2. Charles the Bald, King of West Francia,   b. 823
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2025

  
  

  Children	1. Arnulf of Sens   2. Alpais of Paris
  Family ID	F144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2025

  
  

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  Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire

  
  

• Sources

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