Louis the German
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Louis the German, also known as Louis II of Germany, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the Pious, emperor of
Louis's seal with an effigy of the Roman emperor Hadrian. The inscription reads "XPE PROTEGE HLUDOICUM REGEM" meaning – "O Christ, protect King Louis!"
Wandalbert of Prüm presents his martyrology to a king, probably Louis the German, in a 9th-century illustration
Carolingian gatehouse (Torhalle) to Lorsch Abbey, where Louis the German was buried
Contemporary illustration from the Louis the German Psalter depicting Louis (bottom) genuflecting before Christ on the cross
Carloman of Bavaria
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Carloman was a Frankish king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was the eldest son of Louis the German, king of East Francia, and Hemma, daughter of a Bavarian count. His father appointed him governor of
Louis the German
…war to agree to the Treaty of Meerssen, which divided Lothair's lands among all the claimants. On the eastern frontiers, he appointed his eldest son Carloman of Bavaria to lead a military expedition against the Great Moravia in 858, while the second son Louis the Younger and Thachulf, Duke of Thuringia were in the same…
An original charter in which Carloman confirms the Abbey of Nonantola in its possession of the rural baptistery (pieve) in Lizzano
Charlemagne coin
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Denier Chinon 954, obverse