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Louis II

emperor of Franks
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Born:
c. 822
Died:
Aug. 12, 875, near Brescia, Lombardy
Title / Office:
emperor (850-875), Holy Roman Empire
Notable Family Members:
father Lothar I
father Louis I
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Louis II (born c. 822—died Aug. 12, 875, near Brescia, Lombardy) was a Frankish emperor (850–875) who, as ruler of Italy, was instrumental in checking the Arab invasion of the peninsula. The eldest son of the Frankish emperor Lothar I, who ruled the “middle realm” of what had once been Charlemagne’s empire, Louis took over the administration of Italy on his father’s behalf in 844 and was crowned king of the Lombards in Rome on June 15 of that year. In April 850 he was crowned emperor. When his father divided his realm in September 855, Italy was allotted to ...(100 of 330 words)

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