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- Louis the Pious (778-840)
Also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781, when he was only 3 years old. He was also King of the Franks and co-Emperor (as Louis I) with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. As the only surviving adult son of Charlemagne and Hildegard, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position which he held until his death.
During his reign in Aquitaine, Louis was charged with the defence ofthe Empire's southwestern frontier. He conquered Barcelona from the Muslims in 801 and asserted Frankish authority over Pamplona and the Basques south of the Pyrenees in 812. As emperor he included his adult sons (by his first wife Ermengarde of Hesbaye): Lothair, Pepin, and Louis, in the government and sought to establish a suitable division of the realm among them. In the 830s his empire was torn by civil war between his sons, only exacerbated by Louis's attempts to include his son Charles (by his second wife Judith) in the succession plans. Though his reign ended on a high note, with order largely restored to his empire, it was followed by three years of civil war.
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778 - 840 (62 years)
(Age 37 years)
Giséle of Cysoing, b. ~820, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany 