Ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 844–855 (with Lothair I), 855–875
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Louis II of Italy
Emperor of the Romans
Louis as shown in a 12th-century manuscript of Johannes Berardi's Chronicon casauriense
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire King of Italy
Reign
844–875 (with Lothar I until 855)
Coronation
15 June 844, Rome
Predecessor
Lothair I
Successor
Charles the Bald
Born
825
Died
12 August 875 (aged 49–50) Ghedi, Italy
Burial
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan
Spouse
Engelberga
Issue
Ermengard, Queen of Provence
Dynasty
Carolingian
Father
Lothair I
Mother
Ermengarde of Tours
Religion
Chalcedonian Christianity
Louis II (825 – 12 August 875), sometimes called the Younger,[1] 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's usual title was imperator augustus ("august emperor"), but he used imperator Romanorum ("emperor of the Romans") after his conquest of Bari in 871, which led to poor relations with the Eastern Roman Empire. He was called imperator Italiae ("emperor of Italy") in West Francia while the Byzantines called him Basileus Phrangias ("Emperor of Francia").
The chronicler Andreas of Bergamo, who is the main source for Louis's activities in southern Italy, notes that "after his death a great tribulation came to Italy."[2]
^His ordinal and nickname comes from the fact that he was the second Louis to be emperor after his grandfather Louis the Pious. He should not be confused with Louis the Younger, king of Saxony, or Louis VII the Younger, king of France.
^Post cuius obitum magna tribulatio in Italia advenit. Andreas, Historia in Georg Waitz (ed.), MGH SS rerum Langobardicarum (Hannover: 1878), 222–30, §18.
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