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LOTHAIR (825-869)

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LOTHAIR (825-869) , See also:king of the See also:district called after him Lotharingia, or See also:Lorraine, was the second son of the See also:emperor Lothair I. On his See also:father's See also:death in 855, he received for his See also:kingdom a district lying See also:west of the See also:Rhine, between the See also:North See also:Sea and the See also:Jura mountains, which was called Regnum Lotharii and See also:early in the loth See also:century became known as Lotharingia or Lorraine. On the death of his See also:brother See also:Charles in 863 he added some lands See also:south of the Jura to this See also:inheritance, but, except for a few feeble expeditions against the Danish pirates, he seems to have done little for its See also:government or its See also:defence. The reign was chiefly occupied by efforts on the See also:part of Lothair to obtain a See also:divorce from his wife Teutberga, a See also:sister of Hucbert, See also:abbot of St See also:Maurice (d. 864); and his relations with his uncles, Charles the Bald and See also:Louis the See also:German, were inflltepceti Iv his See also:desire to obtain their support to this See also:plan. Although quarrels and reconciliations between the three See also:kings followed each other in See also:quick See also:succession, in See also:general it may be said that Louis favoured the divorce, and Charles opposed it, while neither lost sight of the fact that Lothair was without male issue. Lothair, whose desire for the divorce was prompted by his See also:affection for a certain Waldrada, put away Teutberga; but Hucbert took up arms on her behalf, and after she had submitted successfully to the See also:ordeal of See also:water, Lothair was compelled to restore her in 858. Still pursuing his purpose, he won the support of his brother, the emperor Louis II., by a cession of lands, and obtained the consent of the See also:local See also:clergy to the divorce and to his See also:marriage with Waldrada, which was celebrated in 862. A See also:synod of Frankish bishops met at See also:Metz in 863 and confirmed this decision, but Teutberga fled to the See also:court of Charles the Bald, and See also:Pope See also:Nicholas I. declared against the decision of the synod. An attack on See also:Rome by the emperor was without result, and in 865 Lothair, convinced that Louis and Charles at their See also:recent See also:meeting had discussed the See also:partition of his kingdom, and threatened with See also:excommunication, again took back his wife. Teutberga, however, either from inclination or compulsion, now expressed her desire for a divorce, and Lothair went to See also:Italy to obtain the assent of the new pope See also:Adrian II. Placing a favourable See also:interpretation upon the words of the pope, he had set out on the return 'See also:journey, when he was seized with See also:fever and died at See also:Piacenza on the 8th of See also:August 869.

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left, by Waldrada, a son See also:Hugo who was declared illegitimate, and his kingdom was divided between Charles the Bald and Louis the German. See See also:Hincmar, " Opusculum de divortio Lotharii regis et Tetbergae reginae," in Cursus completus patrologiae, tome cxxv., edited by J. P. See also:Migne (See also:Paris, 1857—1879); M. Sdralek, Hinkmars von Rheims Kanonistisches Gutachten fiber See also:die Ehescheidung See also:des Konigs Lothar II. (See also:Freiburg, 1881) ; E. Diimmler, Geschichte des ostfrankischen Reiches (See also:Leipzig, 1887–1888) ; and E. Miihlbacher, Die Regenten des Kaiserreichs unter den Karolingern (See also:Innsbruck, 1881). .See also:LOTHIAN, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF. See also:MARK KERR, 1st See also:earl of Lothian (d. 1609), was the eldest son of Mark Kerr (d. 1584), abbot, and then commendator, of Newbattle, or Newbottle, and was a member of the famous border See also:family of See also:Ker of Cessford.

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dukes of See also:Roxburghe, who are also descended from the Kers of Cessford, have adopted the spelling Ker, while the earls and marquesses of Lothian have taken the See also:form Kerr. Like his father, the abbot of Newbattle, Mark Kerr was an extraordinary See also:lord of session under the Scottish king See also:James VI.; he became Lord Newbattle in 1587 and was created earl of Lothian in 16o6. He was See also:master of inquests from 1577 to 1606, and he died on the 8th of See also:April 1609, having had, as See also:report says, See also:thirty-one See also:children by his wife, See also:Margaret (d. 1617), daughter of See also:John See also:Maxwell, 4th Lord See also:Herries. His son See also:Robert, the 2nd earl, died without sons in See also:July 1624. He had, in 1621, obtained a See also:charter from the king enabling his daughter See also:Anne to succeed to his estates provided that she married a member of the family of Ker. Consequently in 1631. she married See also:William Ker, son of Robert, 1st earl of See also:Ancrum (1578–1654), a member of the family of Ker of Ferniehurst, whose father, William Ker, had been killed in 1590 by Robert Ker, afterwards 1st earl of Roxburghe. Robert was in attendance upon Charles I. both before and after he came to the See also:throne, and was created earl of Ancrum in 1633. He was a writer and a See also:man of culture, and among his See also:friends were the poet See also:Donne and See also:Drummond of Hawthornden. His See also:elder son William was created earl of Lothian in 1631, the See also:year of his marriage with Anne Kerr, and See also:Sir William Kerr of Blackhope, a brother of the 2nd earl, who had taken the See also:title of earl of Lothian in 1624, was forbidden to use it (see See also:Correspondence of Sir Robert Ker, earl of Ancrum, and his son William, thud earl of Lothian, 1875).

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