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Birth:           827 
Death:          8 Aug  869 Placenza, Italy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothair_II
Lothair II (835 – August 8, 869) was the king of Lotharingia from 855 until his death. 
He was the second son of Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours. He was married 
to Teutberga (died 875), daughter of Boso the Elder.
For political reasons, his father made him marry Teutberga in 855. Upon his father's 
death in 855, he received the Middle Francia territory west of the Rhine stretching 
from the North Sea to the Jura mountains. It became known as Regnum Lotharii and 
early in the 10th century as Lotharingia or Lorraine (a designation subsequently 
applied only to the duchy of Lorraine). His elder brother Louis II received northern 
Italy and the title of Emperor, and his younger brother Charles received the western 
parts of his father's domains, Burgundy and the Provence.

On the death of his brother Charles in 863, Lothair added some lands south of the Jura 
to this realm, but except for a few feeble expeditions against the Norman pirates he 
seems to have done little for its government or its defense.

Teutberga was not capable of bearing children and Lothair's reign was chiefly 
occupied by his efforts to obtain an annulment of their marriage, and his relations with 
his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German were influenced by his desire to 
obtain their support for this endeavour. Although quarrels and reconciliations between 
the three kings followed each other in quick succession, in general it may be said that 
Louis favoured annulment, and Charles opposed it, while neither lost sight of the fact 
that Lothair had no sons to inherit his lands. Lothair, whose desire for annulment was 
prompted by his affection for his mistress, Waldrada, put away Teutberga, but Hucbert 
took up arms on her behalf, and after she had submitted successfully to the ordeal of 
water, Lothair was compelled to restore her in 858. Still pursuing his purpose, he won 
the support of his brother, Emperor Louis II, by a cession of lands and obtained the 
consent of the local clergy to the annulment and to his marriage with Waldrada, which 
took place in 862.

A synod of Frankish bishops met at Metz in 863 and confirmed this decision, but 
Teutberga fled to the court of Charles the Bald, and Pope Nicholas I voided the 
decision of the synod. An attack on Rome by the emperor was without result, and in 
865 Lothair, threatened with excommunication and convinced that Louis and Charles 
at their recent meeting had discussed the partition of his kingdom, again took back his 
wife. Teutberga, however, either from inclination or compulsion, now expressed her 
desire for an annulment, and Lothair went to Italy to obtain the assent of the new 
pope, Adrian II. Placing a favourable interpretation upon the words of the pope, he 
had set out on the return journey, when he was seized with fever and died at 
Piacenza on August 8, 869.

Succession[edit]

His son, Hugh, by Waldrada, was declared illegitimate, so his heir was his brother, 
Emperor Louis II of Italy. As Louis was at that time campaigning against the Emirate of 
Bari, his kingdom was divided by and between his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis 
the German by the Treaty of Meerssen.

Descendants[edit]

Lothair II had some sons and probably three daughters, all by Waldrada, and all of 
whom were declared illegitimate:
Hugh (c. 855–895), Duke of Alsace (867–885)
Gisela (c. 865–908), who in 883 married Godfrey, the Viking leader ruling in Frisia, who 
was murdered in 885
Bertha (c. 863–925), who married Theobald of Arles (c. 854–895), count of Arles, 
nephew of Teutberga. They had two sons Hugh of Italy and Boso of Tuscany. After 
Theobald's death, between 895 and 898 she married Adalbert II of Tuscany (c. 875–
915)[1] They had at least three children: Guy,[2] who succeeded his father as count 
and duke of Lucca and margrave of Tuscany, Lambert succeeded his brother in 929, 
but lost the titles in 931 to his half-brother Boso of Tuscany, and Ermengard.
Ermengarde (d. 90?)
Odo (d. c.879)[citation needed]


Parents
____ Lothar (Lothaire) I (ABT  798 - 29 Sep  855)
OF TOURS Ermengarde (ABT  800 - 20 Mar  851)

Siblings
____ Louis II ( 825 - 12 Aug  875)
____ Lothar (Lothaire) II "the Saxon" ( 827 - 8 Aug  869)
OF LORRAINE AND BURGUNDY Ermengarde (Irmgarde) (ABT  832 - )

Marriage To ____ Waldrada (ABT  830 - AFT  868)
    m. 25 Dec  862 

Notes
his 2d


Children by ____ Waldrada ABT  830 - AFT  868
OF LORRAINE Bertha (ABT  863 - 8 Mar  925)
OF LORRAINE Gisela (ABT  863 - BEF 26 Oct  907)

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