_Ansegisel Domesticus_________
_Pepin II Mayor of Palace_________|_Begga Abbess of Ardenne______
_Charles Martel Mayor of Palace_|
| | ______________________________
| |_Alpaida _________________________|______________________________
_Pepin III K of the Franks_|
| | _Guerin C of Poitiers_________
| | _Liutwin Count & Bishop of Treves_|_Gunza _______________________
| |_Rotrude _______________________|
| | _Chrodobert II Count Palatine_
| |_UNKNOWN _________________________|_Doda ________________________
_Charlemagne HRE___________|
| | ______________________________
| | _Martin of Laon___________________|______________________________
| | _Charibert C of Laon____________|
| | | | _Hugobert Count Palatine______
| | | |_Bertrada ________________________|_Irmina Abbess of Oeren_______
| |_Bertrada of Laon__________|
| | ______________________________
| | __________________________________|______________________________
| |________________________________|
| | ______________________________
| |__________________________________|______________________________
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|--Louis I "the Pious" HRE
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| | |__________________________________|______________________________
| _Gerold C in Vinzgau_______|
| | | ______________________________
| | | __________________________________|______________________________
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|_Hildegarde the Alemannian_|
| ______________________________
| _Gotfrid D of Alemannia___________|______________________________
| _Nebi Huoching D of Alemannia___|
| | | ______________________________
| | |_UNKNOWN _________________________|______________________________
|_Imma of Alemannia_________|
| ______________________________
| __________________________________|______________________________
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(191:16), (250:15).
Louis' father, CHARLEMAGNE, who died in 814, had intended to split his
empire between his sons, but all except Louis predeceased him. Louis,
therefore became sole heir to the Empire. His was a troubled reign. He
exiled some of his father's closest advisors (including two cousins)
immediately upon his succession. In 817, Louis declared that his eldest
son, LOTHAR, would succeed him as Emporer and that his two younger
sons, LOUIS THE GERMAN and Pepin would be given kingdoms within the
Empire. The three sons were satisfied with this arrangement. Louis had
a nephew, BERNARD, who had succeeded his father, PEPIN, as King of
Italy in 812. Louis made no provision for BERNARD in the succession
plan. BERNARD, feeling he had been slighted, revolted against Louis.
Louis put down the revolt and had BERNARD blinded. In 823 Louis' second
wife bore him a son, CHARLES. Louis made known that he planned to
include CHARLES in his succession plans. This was not acceptable to
CHARLES' half brothers, LOTHAR and LOUIS. From the late 820s until his
death in 840, Louis was in a continual struggle with one or more of his
sons. Three years of bitter civil war followed Louis' death. The Treaty
of Verdun in 843 finally brought some resolution. LOTHAR was
recognized as Emporer and was given soverignty in an area which was to
become known as "the Middle Kingdom" stretching from the North Sea to
Rome. LOUIS THE GERMAN became soverign over the portion of the old
Empire east of LOTHAR's (basically modern day Germany) and CHARLES
became soverign over the portion of the old Empire west of LOTHAR's
(modern day France). The other brother, Pepin had died in 838. LOTHAR,
even thouigh he retained the title of Emporer, had no authority in LOUIS'
or CHARLES' domains. It was during these times of unrest towards the
end of Louis' reign that the Vikings began to make their first raids along
the northern coast of the Empire, occasionally venturing inland as well.