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See also:LOTHAIR (941–986) , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:France, son of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis IV., succeeded his See also:father in 954, and was at first under the guardianship of See also:Hugh the See also:Great, See also:duke of the See also:Franks, and then under that of his maternal See also:uncle See also:Bruno, See also:archbishop of See also:Cologne. The beginning of his reign was occupied with See also:wars against the vassals, particularly against the duke of See also:Normandy. Lothair then seems to have conceived the See also:design of recovering See also:Lorraine. He attempted to precipitate matters by a sudden attack, and in the See also:spring of 978 nearly captured the See also:emperor See also:Otto II. at See also:Aix-la-Chapelle. Otto took his revenge in the autumn by invading France. He penetrated as far as See also:Paris, devastating the See also:country through which he passed, but failed to take the See also:town, and was forced to See also:retreat with heavy loss. See also:Peace was concluded in 980 at Margut-sur-Chiers, and in 983 Lothair was even chosen See also:guardian to the See also:young Otto III. Towards 98o, however, Lothair quarrelled with Hugh the Great's son, Hugh See also:Capet, who, at the instigation of See also:Adalberon, archbishop of See also:Reims, became reconciled with Otto III. Lothair died on the 2nd of See also:March 986. By his wife Emma, daughter of Lothair, king of 'See also:Italy, he See also:left a son who succeeded him as Louis V.
See F. See also:Lot, See also:Les Derniers Carolingiens (Paris, 1891) ; and the Recueil See also:des actes de Lothaire et de Louis V., edited by L. Halphen and F. Lot (1908).
End of Article: LOTHAIR (941–986)
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