Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious, also called Louis I, (778 - 840) was the third Carolingian King of Franks and 2nd Holy Roman Emperor (814 - 840), King of Aquitaine 781 to 814. He was Charlemagne's sixth son.
Louis The Pious Media
Charlemagne crowns Louis the Pious
- Map Europe in 814- Touring Club Italiano CART-TRC-50 02.jpg
The map describes how Europe was when Charlesmagne died. The map is one of the tables made by the TCI Cartographic Office for the Italian Encyclopedia of Giovanni Treccani Institute
- Denier Louis le Pieux.jpg
CAROLINGIANS. Louis I, dit le Pieux (the Pious). 814-840 AD. *AR Denier (20mm, 1.65 g, 1h). Uncertain mint. Struck 822-840 AD.*+ HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross; pellet in each quarter*+ XPISTIANA RELIGIO, temple; cross within.
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Louis the Pious doing penance at Attigny in 822
Louis's son Charles the Bald as depicted in the Vivian Bible, c. 845
Louis on a sesquisolidus, essentially Roman in design
The parting of the Carolingian Empire by the Treaty of Verdun in 843