{"slug": "lothair-ii", "label": "Lothair II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothair_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298945", "qid": "Q298945", "description": "King of Lotharingia from 855 to 869", "entries": 12, "years": 10, "span": [835, 895], "span_label": ["835 CE", "895 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "lotharingia", "label": "Lotharingia", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "charles-the-bald", "label": "Charles the Bald", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "louis-the-german", "label": "Louis the German", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lothair-i", "label": "Lothair I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "louis-ii-of-italy", "label": "Louis II of Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "metz", "label": "Metz", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "piacenza", "label": "Piacenza", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-the-pious", "label": "Louis the Pious", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "low-countries", "label": "Low Countries", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 835, "year_label": "835 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Lothair II, king of Lotharingia (d. 869)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352237336#Births", "title": "835", "revid": 1352237336, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 855, "year_label": "855 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Emperor Lothair I dies after a 15-year reign (co-ruling with his father Louis the Pious until 840). He divides the Middle Frankish Kingdom between his three sons in an agreement called the Treaty of Prüm—the eldest, Louis II, receives the northern half of Italy and the title of Holy Roman Emperor. The second, Lothair II, receives Lotharingia (the Low Countries and Upper Burgundy). The youngest, Charles, receives Lower Burgundy and Provence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256482#Central_Europe", "title": "855", "revid": 1350256482, "section": "Events › By place › Central Europe"}}, {"year": 857, "year_label": "857 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Viking chieftain Rorik, with the agreement of King Lothair II, leaves Dorestad with a fleet and forces his rival Horik II to recognise him as ruler over Denmark (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267075868#Europe", "title": "857", "revid": 1267075868, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 862, "year_label": "862 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Lothair II of Lotharingia tries to divorce his wife Teutberga, on trumped-up charges of incest. With the support of his brother, Louis II, the bishops give him permission to remarry during a synod at Aachen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129421#Central_Europe", "title": "862", "revid": 1341129421, "section": "Events › By place › Central Europe"}}, {"year": 863, "year_label": "863 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope Nicholas I sends archbishops Gunther and Theotgaud to a synod of Metz, which confirms the permission given to King Lothair II of Lotharingia to remarry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322668706#Religion", "title": "863", "revid": 1322668706, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 863, "year_label": "863 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – Emperor Louis II claims Provence, after the death of his brother Charles. King Lothair II receives Lower Burgundy and a part of the Jura Mountains.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322668706#Europe", "title": "863", "revid": 1322668706, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 868, "year_label": "868 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Charles the Bald meets his brother Louis the German at Metz. They agree to a partition of Lotharingia, which belonged to former emperor Lothair I (now in possession of his sons Lothair II and Louis II).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358169430#Europe", "title": "868", "revid": 1358169430, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 869, "year_label": "869 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Lothair II, king of Lotharingia (b. 835)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369351830#Deaths", "title": "869", "revid": 1369351830, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 869, "year_label": "869 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Lothair II, King of Middle Francia (Lotharingia), dies at Piacenza, on his way home from meeting Pope Adrian II at Rome, to get assent for a divorce. Lotharingia is subsequently divided between Lothair's uncles, Charles the Bald of France and Louis the German.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369351830#Europe", "title": "869", "revid": 1369351830, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Charles the Bald marries Richilde of Provence, after the death of his first wife, Ermentrude of Orleans. He intends to secure his rule in Lotharingia through the powerful Bosonid family and the connection to Teutberga, widow-queen of Lothair II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Europe", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 885, "year_label": "885 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Emperor Charles the Fat summons a meeting of officials at Lobith (modern Netherlands), and accuses Hugh, an illegitimate son of former king Lothair II, and his vassal Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, of plotting against him. Hugh is blinded, and exiled to the Abbey of Saint Gall (modern Switzerland). Godfrid is killed by a group of Frisian and Saxon nobles, at the connivance of Henry of Franconia. The local count, Gerolf, takes over the West Frisian coastline from the Danish, after the murder.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655145#Europe", "title": "885", "revid": 1366655145, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 895, "year_label": "895 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Hugh, Frankish duke and illegitimate son of Lothair II", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093921#Deaths", "title": "895", "revid": 1346093921, "section": "Deaths"}}]}