Lothair II

Abt 835 - 869  (~ 34 years)

• Name	Lothair II
  Born	Abt 835
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Aug 869	Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  Buried	Church of San Antonio the Martyr, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  Person ID	I7479	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Lothair I,   b. Abt 795,   d. From 28 Sep 855 to 29 Sep 855, Prüm Monastery, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Ermengarde of Tours,   d. 20 Mar 851
  Married	Oct 821
  Family ID	F3258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Theutberge,   d. Bef 862
  Last Modified	28 May 2021
  Family ID	F3287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Waldrade,   d. Aft 9 Apr 868, Remiremont, Vosges, France
  Married	25 Dec 862
  Children	1. Hugues   2. Gisèle   3. Bertha,   d. 8 Mar 925, Lucca, Toscano, Italy   4. Ermengarde
  Last Modified	28 May 2021
  Family ID	F3288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “LOTHAIR II, King of Lorraine, 855-869, born about 835, younger son. He married, (1st) about 855 THEUTBERGE, daughter of Count Boso. They had no issue. He married (2nd) 25 Dec. 862 WALDRADE, kinswoman of Count Eberhard, of Alsace. They had one son, Hugues [Duke of Alsace, Lay-abbot of Lobbes], and three daughters, Gisele (wife of Godefrid, Danish king, Duke in Friesland; she was afterwards Abbess of Nivelles and Fosses), Bertha, and Ermengarde (nun). Waldrade died as a nun at Remiremont 9 April, after 868. LOTHAIR II, King of Lorraine, died at Piacenza 8 August 869, and was buried there in the church of San Antonio the Martyr. Monumenta Germaniæ Historica SS XIII (1881): 219. (Annales Necrologici Prumienses [necrology of Prüm]: "Anno Domini incarn. 869. Lotharius rex, filius eius, Kal. Iulii die obiit."). Halphen Recueil d'Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 54 (Annales de Vendôme sub AD. 868: "Hlotharius, filius Hlotharii illius qui superius monachus factus obierat, fraterque Hludowici imperatoris, moritur Placentie atque in monasterio Sancti Antonini sepelitur."). Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 2 (Die Karolinger). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IV.13, V.13-V.16. Bouchard Those of My Blood (2001): 84 (chart).” 2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “LOTHAIR I, King of Bavaria, 814-817, King of Italy, 822-825, 829-840, Emperor, 833-834, 840-855 (joint emperor from 817), son and heir by his father's 1st marriage, born about 795. He married October 821 ERMENGARDE, daughter of Hugues, Count of Tours, by his wife, Ava. They had three sons, Louis (II) [King of Italy, Emperor], Lothair (II) [King of Lorraine], and Charles [King of Provence], and five daughters, Helletrude (or Hiltrude) (wife of Count Berenger), Bertha [Abbess of Avenay], ___ (wife of Giselbert, Count of Masau and Darnau), Gisele [Abbess of San Salvatore, Brescia], Rotnide (probable wife of Lambert II, Count of Nantes). By an unknown mistress, he also had one illegitimate son, Carlomann. His wife, Ermengarde, died 20 March 851. LOTHAIR I died at Priim monastery in Ardennes 28 (or 29) Sept. 855. Monumenta Germaniæ Historica SS XIII (1881): 219. (Annales Necrologici Prumienses [necrology of Prüm]: "Anno Domini incarn. 855. Lotharius imperator 3. Kal. Octob. feliciter obiit."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica (Poetae Latini Aevu Carolini 2) (1884): 241 ("Epitaphium Hludharii Imperatoris: Continet hic tumulus memorandi Caesaris ossa / Hlotharii magni, principis atque pii. / Qui Francis, Italis, Romanis praefuit ipsis, Omnia sed sprevit, pauper et hinc abiit. / Nam bis tricenos monachus sic attigit annos, / Et se mutavit, ac bene post obiit. / III. Cal. Octob."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores 13 (1881): 232 (Annales Lobienses: sub A.D. 855: "Lotharius imperator, qui mutato habitu Prumiae monachus factus fuerat, obiit 3. Kal. Octob.; cui aequivocus filius suus Lotharius successerat, qui eo anno Tiethbergam, sororem Hucberti abbatis, duxit uxorem."). Waitz Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores rerum Germanicarum (in separate editions) 5 (1883): 45 (Annales Bertiniani sub AD. 855: "Lotharius imperator, morbo correptus vitamque desperans, monasterium Proneae in Arduenna constitutum adiit, seculoque et regno penitus abrenuncians, tonsus est, vitam habitumque monachi humiliter sumens. Dispositoque inter filios, qui secum morabantur, regno, ita ut Lotharius cognomen eius Frandam, Karlus vero Provinciam optinerent, intra sex dies vita decessit quarto Kalendarum Octobrium, atque in eodem monasterio sepulturam, ut desideraverat, consecutus est."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores 13 (1891) 46 (Annales Fuldenses sub AD. 855: "Hlutharius imperator renuntians omnibus, quae habuit, Prumiense monasterium ingressus effectusque ibi monachaus III. Kal. Octobr. mortalem hominem exuit et ad vitam perrexit aeternam."). Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 5 (1898): 112 (seal of Lothair I dated AD. 843 - Oval: impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. Bust in profile to the right, crowned with laurel. Perhaps a portrait of Caracalla or Alexander Severus. Legend: + XPE ADIVVA HLOTHARIVM AV[G].). Parisot Royaume de Lorraine sous les Carolingiens (1899). Halphen Recueil d'Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 53 (Annales de Vendôme sub AD. 855: "Hlothanus rex moritur, prius factus monachus in monasterio Promie oh peccatum persecutionis paterne."). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) III 8. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 2 (Die Karolinger). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): III.9, IV.8-IV.15.”