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.
Louis II, from the "Emperor Windows" of Strasbourg Cathedral
Louis's gravestone in Milan
Charlemagne coin
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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
Louis II of Italy
…and his empire was partitioned between his sons: Louis's father, Lothair, and Louis's uncle, Louis the German, as well as their younger half-brother, Charles the Bald. Under his father's rule, he was crowned king and co-emperor to the middle-aged Emperor Lothair I at Rome by Pope Sergius II on 15 June 844. This…
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