{"slug": "louis-ii-of-italy", "label": "Louis II of Italy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_II_of_Italy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215204", "qid": "Q215204", "description": "Ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 844 to 875", "entries": 15, "years": 13, "span": [825, 875], "span_label": ["825 CE", "875 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor"], "related": [{"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "lothair-ii", "label": "Lothair II", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "lothair-i", "label": "Lothair I", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "lotharingia", "label": "Lotharingia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "saracen", "label": "Saracen", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bari", "label": "Bari", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "louis-the-german", "label": "Louis the German", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lombardy", "label": "Lombardy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tuscany", "label": "Tuscany", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 825, "year_label": "825 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Louis II, king of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor (d. 875)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941320#Births", "title": "825", "revid": 1340941320, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 844, "year_label": "844 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Louis II, eldest son of Emperor Lothair I, is crowned king at Rome by Pope Sergius II, and becomes co-ruler of Middle Francia, and over Lombardy, Friuli, and Tuscany in Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342120631#Europe", "title": "844", "revid": 1342120631, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 850, "year_label": "850 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Louis II, the eldest son of Lothair I, is crowned joint emperor by Pope Leo IV at Rome, and becomes co-ruler of the Middle Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129147#Europe", "title": "850", "revid": 1341129147, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"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": 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": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "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": 864, "year_label": "864 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Emperor Louis II (the Younger) marches with a Frankish army against Rome. While en route to the papal city, he becomes ill, and decides to make peace with Pope Nicholas I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365939843#Europe", "title": "864", "revid": 1365939843, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 866, "year_label": "866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats the Saracen invaders who are ravaging southern Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129580#Europe", "title": "866", "revid": 1341129580, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 866, "year_label": "866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "An army in Lucera is assembled by orders of Louis II in preparation for an attack on the Emirate of Bari.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129580#Italy", "title": "866", "revid": 1341129580, "section": "Events › Italy"}}, {"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": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Emperor Basil I allies with the Frankish emperor Louis II against the Saracens. He sends a Byzantine fleet of 400 ships (according to the Annales Bertiniani), under the command of Admiral Niketas Ooryphas, to support Louis (who is besieging the city port of Bari) and to clear the south of the Adriatic Sea of Muslim raiders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369351830#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "869", "revid": 1369351830, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 871, "year_label": "871 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – Franco-Lombard forces, aided by a Croatian fleet (of Sclaveni), led by Emperor Louis II, capture Bari, capital of the Emirate of Bari in Southern Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129558#Europe", "title": "871", "revid": 1341129558, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 872, "year_label": "872 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 18", "text": "May 18 – After his successful campaign against the Saracens, Louis II is crowned as Roman Emperor (\"Emperor of the Franks\") for the second time and converts the Muwalladun, and the Arab elite.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071842#Europe", "title": "872", "revid": 1267071842, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 875, "year_label": "875 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – Emperor Louis II dies in Brescia, after having named his cousin Carloman, son of King Louis the German, as his successor. Louis is buried in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352180718#Europe", "title": "875", "revid": 1352180718, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 875, "year_label": "875 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – Louis II, king of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 825)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352180718#Deaths", "title": "875", "revid": 1352180718, "section": "Deaths"}}]}