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Louis the German

(Encyclopedia)Louis the German, c.804–876, king of the East Franks (817–76). When his father, Emperor of the West Louis I, partitioned the empire in 817, Louis received Bavaria and adjacent territories. In the ...

Louis the Great

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Great: see Louis I, king of Hungary. ...

Louis the Pious

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Pious: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...

Louis the Stammerer

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Stammerer: see Louis II, French king. ...

Louis the Younger

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Younger, c.830–882, German king, ruler (876–82) over Saxony, Franconia, and Thuringia, son of Louis the German. He shared the succession to his father's lands with his brothers Carloman ...

Lochiel, the Gentle

(Encyclopedia)Lochiel, the Gentle: see Cameron of Lochiel, Donald. ...

Kingis Quair, The

(Encyclopedia)Kingis Quair, The: see James I, king of Scotland. ...

Paul the Deacon

(Encyclopedia)Paul the Deacon, c.725–799?, Lombard historian. He received a good education, probably at Pavia, and he learned Latin thoroughly and some Greek. He lived at Monte Cassino and at Charlemagne's court....

Pepin the Short

(Encyclopedia)Pepin the Short (Pepin III), c.714–768, first Carolingian king of the Franks (751–68), son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne. Succeeding his father as mayor of the palace (741), he ruled...

Robert the Bruce

(Encyclopedia)Robert the Bruce: see Robert I, king of Scotland. ...