Charles the Bald
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Charles the Bald was king of West Francia, king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire. After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the
Charles the Bald as depicted in the Vivian Bible, c. 845
Denier of Charles the Bald struck at Paris
Denier (type Temple and cross) of Charles the Bald, minted at Reims between 840 and 864 (pre-Edict of Pistres)
The so-called Equestrian statuette of Charlemagne (c. 870), thought to possibly depict Charles the Bald
Louis II of Italy
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Louis II, sometimes called the Younger, was the king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 844, co-ruling with his father Lothair I until 855, after which he ruled alone.
Charles the Bald
…where he made a defence of royal sovereignty in the face of intrusive actions by the papacy into state affairs. In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half-brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII, traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial…
Louis II, from the "Emperor Windows" of Strasbourg Cathedral
Louis's gravestone in Milan
Charlemagne coin
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