Louis the Pious
King of the Franks · France · Historical Figures · Lived 778 to 840 · aged 62
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Something wrong?He inherited the largest empire in Europe from his father Charlemagne and spent two decades watching his sons tear it apart. The civil wars of the 830s turned succession planning into fratricide, and Louis was briefly deposed by his own children in 833.
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Louis the Pious became King of Aquitaine at three and spent his youth defending the empire's southwestern edge, taking Barcelona from Córdoba in 801 and bringing the Basques to heel by 812. When Charlemagne died in 814, Louis became sole ruler of the Franks as the only surviving son. The first decade brought tragedy and a public act of penance for the brutal treatment of his nephew Bernard of Italy. Then came the unraveling: Louis tried to divide the empire fairly among his adult sons Lothair, Pepin, and Louis, but when his second wife bore him Charles, the revised succession plans ignited civil war in the 830s. His own sons turned on him, deposing him for five months in 833. He died in June 840 with order mostly restored, but three more years of war followed before the dust settled.
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