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Lothair I

795 - 855

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Lothair I (Dutch and Medieval Latin: Lotharius; German: Lothar; French: Lothaire; Italian: Lotario; 795 – 29 September 855) was a 9th-century Carolingian emperor (817–855, with his father until 840) and king of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (843–855). Lothair I was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis I and his wife Ermengarde of Hesbaye, daughter of Ingerman the duke of Hesbaye. On several occasions, Lothair led his full-brothers Pepin I of Aquitaine and Louis the German in revolt against their father to protest against attempts to make their half-brother Charles the Bald a co-heir to the Frankish domains. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lothair I has received more than 1,212,521 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Lothair I is the 457th most popular politician (up from 458th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Germany and the 33rd most popular German Politician.

Lothair I was king of the Franks from 855 to 869. He was the son of Louis the Pious and Ermengarde of Hesbaye. He succeeded his father as King of the Franks in 855, but he soon lost control of Italy, which had been given to his brother Charles.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lothair I ranks 457 out of 19,576. Before him are Radovan Karadžić, Louis Bonaparte, Mustafa III, Shah Jahan, Alaric I, and Giuseppe Mazzini. After him are José Mujica, Lavrentiy Beria, Mahidevran, Nur ad-Din, Caesarion, and Stephen Báthory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 795, Lothair I ranks 1. After him are Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Mojmir I of Moravia, Emperor Muzong of Tang, and Bernard of Septimania. Among people deceased in 855, Lothair I ranks 2. Before him is Ahmad ibn Hanbal. After him are Pope Leo IV, and Boso the Elder.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lothair I ranks 126 out of 7,253. Before him are Novalis (1772), Wim Wenders (1945), Augustus II the Strong (1670), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), and Michael Schumacher (1969). After him are Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Heinrich Böll (1917), Michel Ney (1769), Walter Gropius (1883), Erik Erikson (1902), and Carl Orff (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Lothair I ranks 33. Before him are Henry the Fowler (876), Clara Zetkin (1857), Charles the Fat (839), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Augustus II the Strong (1670), and Leopold I of Belgium (1790). After him are George I of Great Britain (1660), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), and Friedrich Ebert (1871).

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