Lothair II of Lotharingia

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Lothair II of Lotharingia

Birth
France
Death
8 Aug 869 (aged 33–34)
Piacenza, Provincia di Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Piacenza, Provincia di Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Add to Map
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Lothaire II was the King of Lorraine from 855 to 869. He was born in 835, the second son of Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours. Lothair married Teutberga, daughter of Boso the Elder. He repudiated her in 862 for his concubine Waldrada. From 858 until 869 he battled to get rid of his wife. This cost him the court of Rome, and an excommunication by the Church, for which he had to beg the pardon of the Pope. Upon the death of his brother, Charles de Provence in 863, Lothar II would get the center of Charles' Kingdom (since Charles had no son). He married on December 25, 862 his concubine Waldrade d'Alsace. Lothair died: on August 8, 869 from fever in Piacenza, Italy. Lothair and Waldrada Children,
Hugh who was declared illegitimate, and his kingdom was divided between his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German by the Treaty of Meerssen
Ermengard of Lorraine
Bertha of Lorraine who married Theobald of Arles, she is buried in Basilica di San Frediano, Santa Maria, Lucca, Italy.
Gisela of Lorraine who married Godfrid of Frisia
Lothaire II was the King of Lorraine from 855 to 869. He was born in 835, the second son of Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours. Lothair married Teutberga, daughter of Boso the Elder. He repudiated her in 862 for his concubine Waldrada. From 858 until 869 he battled to get rid of his wife. This cost him the court of Rome, and an excommunication by the Church, for which he had to beg the pardon of the Pope. Upon the death of his brother, Charles de Provence in 863, Lothar II would get the center of Charles' Kingdom (since Charles had no son). He married on December 25, 862 his concubine Waldrade d'Alsace. Lothair died: on August 8, 869 from fever in Piacenza, Italy. Lothair and Waldrada Children,
Hugh who was declared illegitimate, and his kingdom was divided between his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German by the Treaty of Meerssen
Ermengard of Lorraine
Bertha of Lorraine who married Theobald of Arles, she is buried in Basilica di San Frediano, Santa Maria, Lucca, Italy.
Gisela of Lorraine who married Godfrid of Frisia