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Judith of Bavaria (died 843)

Carolingian empress and queen of the Franks

8 dated entries naming Judith of Bavaria (died 843), drawn from 8 separate years between 795 CE and 858 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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8th century

  • 795Judith of Bavaria, Frankish queen (or 797/805)source
  • 797Judith of Bavaria, Frankish empress (or 805)source

9th century

  • 819Spring – Emperor Louis I marries Judith of Bavaria in Aachen. She becomes his second wife and Empress of the Franks. Like many of the royal marriages of the time, Judith is selected through a bridal show.source
  • 825Welf, father of Judith of Bavariasource
  • 829Emperor Louis the Pious appoints his 6-year-old son Charles (by his second wife Judith) as ruler of the Frankish subkingdom Alamannia, enraging his eldest son and co-emperor Lothair I, who begins an insurrection.source
  • 830Emperor Louis the Pious returns from a campaign in Brittany, and is captured by his son Pepin I, king of Aquitaine. He is put under house arrest at Compiegne, and his wife Judith is incarcerated at Poitiers.source
  • 843April 19 – Judith of Bavaria, Frankish empresssource
  • 858Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish nobles, invades the West Frankish Kingdom and secures Aquitaine for his nephew Pepin II ("the Younger"). King Charles the Bald flees to Burgundy; he is saved by the help of the bishops, and by the fidelity of the family of the Welfs, who are related to Judith (second wife of former emperor Louis the Pious).source

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