Lothair II
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Lothair II was the king of Lotharingia from 855 until his death. He is known for his over ten-year-long divorce case with his wife Teutberga so that he could remarry his long-standing lover Waldrada.
The Lothair Crystal dating to between 855 and 869 depicts the story of Susanna and the Elders. It may have been meant as a symbol of the king's justice.
Charlemagne coin
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Denier Chinon 954, obverse
Trial by ordeal
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Trial by ordeal was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused was determined by subjecting them to a painful, or at least an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience.
Lothair II
…Bosonids and ally with her brother Hucbert to maintain his position. Lothair put away Teutberga as Hucbert's importance waned, but after she passed a trial by ordeal he was forced to take her back. Hucbert died in revolt in 864 after being replaced in Lothair's court. In 858, Louis the German unsuccessfully invaded…
Water-ordeal; miniature from the Luzerner Schilling
After being accused of adultery Cunigunde of Luxembourg proved her innocence by walking over red-hot plowshares.
Peter Bartholomew undergoing the ordeal of fire, by Gustave Doré.
Sita in an agnipariksha, Yuddha Kanda