Accompanied by his chief advisor Archbishop Hincmar, this man seized his nephew's kingdom of Lorraine, which was subsequently divided at the Treaty of Meersen. His birthright violated the Ordinatio Imperii , though pretenders like Pippin would not affect his rise too much. Though he was defeated at Andernach and would be challenged by Carloman, he had earlier won at Fontenoy at which point he swore an Oath at Strasbourg with Louis the German. One year later he and Louis made Lothair I sign the Treaty of Verdun by which he received all Western lands. Crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John VIII in 876, FTP, identify this son of Judith and Louis the Pious.
Accompanied by his chief advisor Archbishop Hincmar, this man seized his nephew's kingdom of Lorraine, which was subsequently divided at the Treaty of Meersen. His birthright violated the Ordinatio Imperii , though pretenders like Pippin would not affect his rise too much. Though he was defeated at Andernach and would be challenged by Carloman, he had earlier won at Fontenoy at which point he swore an Oath at Strasbourg with Louis the German. One year later he and Louis made Lothair I sign the Treaty of Verdun by which he received all Western lands. Crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John VIII in 876, FTP, identify this son of Judith and Louis the Pious.
Accompanied by his chief advisor Archbishop Hincmar, this man seized his nephew's kingdom of Lorraine, which was subsequently divided at the Treaty of Meersen.