Carolingian civil war
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The Carolingian civil war was a violent crisis over the succession to the Carolingian Empire following the death of Emperor Louis the Pious in June 840 and lasting until the Treaty of Verdun in August
Charles the Bald (Codex Aureus, 870)
Louis the German (Martyrology, c. 855)
Reverse of a coin of Pippin II, which reads AQVI TANIA
Forest of Othe, where Charles attempted to ambush the count of Paris and archbishop of Rouen in April 843
Louis the Pious
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Louis the Pious, also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only surviving son
Carolingian civil war
…The Carolingian civil war was a violent crisis over the succession to the Carolingian Empire following the death of Emperor Louis the Pious in June 840 and lasting until the Treaty of Verdun in August 843. Louis's eldest son, the emperor Lothar I, laid claim to an undivided empire, while…
Charlemagne crowns Louis the Pious
Denarius of Louis
Louis the Pious doing penance at Attigny in 833