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          Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis is, in the least, a touching account of a hard campaign in the East, and the humanity and sanctity of a king.

          This collection brings together, for the first time in one volume, the five royal/imperial biographies written during the Carolingian period....

          Louis the Pious

          Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 813 to 840

          "Louis I the Fair" redirects here.

          For the Polish duke, see Louis I of Brzeg.

          Louis the Pious[d] (Latin: Hludowicus Pius; French: Louis le Pieux; German: Ludwig der Fromme; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840),[2] also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813.

          He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only surviving son of Charlemagne and Hildegard, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position that he held until his death except from November 833 to March 834, when he was deposed.

          The ninth century Frankish scholar and courtier Einhard was a dedicated servant of the Emperor Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious.

        1. This collection brings together, for the first time in one volume, the five royal/imperial biographies written during the Carolingian period.
        2. This collection brings together, for the first time in one volume, the five royal/imperial biographies written during the Carolingian period.
        3. Readers of the Astronomer's ninth-century biography of the Frankish emperor Louis the Pious have long tried to make sense of a curious.
        4. The present volume therefore aims to provide a complete overview of the documents of Louis the Pious in German archives, in the best possible quality as proven.

          5. During his reign in Aquitaine, Louis was charged with the defence of the empire's southwestern frontier. He conquered Barcelona from the Emirate of Córdoba in 801 and asserted Frankish authority over Pamplona and the Basques south of the Pyrenees in 812.

          As emperor, he included his adult sons, Lothai