Holy Roman Emperors #3

1. Ermengarde, Duchess of Moselle: Born about 830, Alsace, Lorraine, France; Married 846; Gilbert, Count of Brabant: Born about 830, of France; Died about 892; (See Clermont )

2. Lothair I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, King of Italy: Born about 799, of France; Died 29 September 855, Pruem, Rhineland, Prussia; Married 15 October 821, Thionville, Moselle, France; Ermengarde, Countess of Tours, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire: Born about 800, of Alsace, France; Died 20 March 851; Lothair, the eldest son of Emperor Louis I, came to rule the Middle Frankish Kingdom, which included most of what is now the Low countries, Alsace-Lorraine, Switzerland, and northern Italy. Lothair was designated to succeed his father as emperor in 817. In 822 he became King of Italy, and the next year he was crowned coemperor by the pope. Friction with Louis over the future of Lothair's half brother Charles II led to open conflict in 830 and again in 834 between the emperor and his coemperor. When Louis I died in 840, civil war erupted between Lothair, his brother Louis the German, and Charles. Lothair was defeated by his brothers at the Battle of Fontenoy (841), and in 843 he concluded the Treaty of Verdun, by which the Frankish empire was divided into three parts. Lothair received the Middle Kingdom as well as the imperial title. After dividing his kingdom among his three sons, Lothair entered the monastery of Pruem in 855.

Ermengarde's Parents--

• I. Hugues, Count of Upper Alsace and Tours: Born about 765, of upper Alsace, France; Married Ava, Countess of Upper Alsace and Tours: Born about 769, of Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. (See Kings of Burgundy)

Lothair's Parents--

4. Louis I "the Fair", Holy Roman Emperor: (See La Zouche) Married 798, France; Ermengarde, Princess of Hesbaye, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire: Born about 778, of Hesbaye, Liege, Belgium; Died 3 October 818, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France.

Ermengarde's Father--

5. Ingeramne, Duke of Hesbaye: Born about 753, of Belgium.