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Germany / France: Lothair I (795-855),3rd Holy Roman emperor, Les augustes representations de tous les rois de France depuis Pharamond jusqu'a Louis XIV< / i>, by Nicolas Il de Larmessin (1632-1694),17th century
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Lothair I (795-855), also known as Lothar I, was the eldest son of Emperor Louis the Pious and grew up in the court of his grandfather, Emperor Charlemagne. When his father died in 840, Lothair ignored all previous plans for partitioning and claimed the whole of the Holy Roman Empire for himself, leading to another civil war which lasted around three years.