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Also Known As Ludwig der Jüngere • Louis the Younger
Born c.830
Died January 20, 882 • Germany
Louis II
king of the East Franks
Arnulf
Arnulf
Holy Roman emperor
Louis IV
king of the East Franks
Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Thomas Rymer
English critic
Aleksey Borisovich, Prince Lobanov-Rostovsky
Russian diplomat
Fyodor Fyodorovich Martens
Fyodor Fyodorovich Martens
Russian jurist
Cartimandua
queen of Brigantes
Hatto I
archbishop of Mainz
Georg Friedrich von Martens
German jurist
Grimoald
duke of Benevento
portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Louis the Pious
Louis I
Holy Roman emperor
Clovis I
Merovingian king
Charles Martel in full armour.
Charles Martel
Frankish ruler
St. Gregory of Tours
Frankish scholar
Pippin III
Pippin III
king of the Franks
Rabanus Maurus
Rabanus Maurus
Frankish archbishop
Brunhild
queen of Austrasia
Lothar I
Lothar I
Holy Roman emperor