Louis, I Louis I (778-840), or Louis the Pious, was king of the Franks and emperor of the West from 814 to 840. The son and successor of Charlemagne, he was the last ruler to maintain the unity of the Carolingian Empire. Born in Aquitaine, Louis I was the third s... more
Louis I The Pious (778–840). King of the Franks and emperor. Louis the Pious, Charlemagne’s third son by his second wife, Hildegarde, was named king of Aquitaine at the age of three. In 806, the Divisio regnorum arranged for the succession by dividing the empi... more
