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11 - A King in Training?

Louis II of Italy and His Expedition to Rome in 844

from Section III - Carolingian Rulers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2020

By
Clemens Gantner
Edited by
Clemens Gantner  and
Walter Pohl
Clemens Gantner
Affiliation:
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Walter Pohl
Affiliation:
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
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Tying directly into the previous chapter on Lothar I, this contribution looks at the earliest part of the rule of Louis II in Italy. Louis had been appointed sub-king of his father, Emperor Lothar I, in 840,by his grandfather Louis the Pious. In 844, he was sent on his first dpilomatic and military mission by his father, under the supervision of his uncle Drogo of Metz. This mission at the head of a sizeable army and group of bishops from Lothar's realm was destined to go to Rome and get Pope Sergius II in line, as he had been raised to the apostolic see without the emperor's consent. The expedition was then possibly also to go on to southern Italy and interfere in the ongoing civil war among the Beneventan Lomabards, but negotiations in Rome with the southern Prince Siconulf and Guy of Spoleto prevented that move at this point. The chapter thus shows the young king and future emperor Louis at the earliest stage of his carreer and how Lothar I paved the way for his oldest son to rule the kingdom assigned to him.

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Louis IIpapacyPope Sergius IIRomeBenevento (duchy/principality)Frankish noblesCarolingian family/dynasty
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After Charlemagne
Carolingian Italy and its Rulers
 , pp. 164 - 182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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