Noun
king of France and Germany (846-879)
Source: WordNetAt a final placitum held there, Louis gave Bavaria to Louis the German and disinherited Pepin II, leaving the entire remainder of the empire to be divided roughly into an eastern part and a western. Source: Internet
In 854 finally, the Abbey of St Gall reached its full autonomy by King Louis the German releasing the abbey from the obligation to pay tithes to the Bishop of Constance. Source: Internet
In 868, at Metz they agreed definitely to a partition of Lotharingia ; but when Lothair II died in 869, Louis the German was lying seriously ill, and his armies were engaged with the Moravians. Source: Internet
A report that the emperor Louis II (of Italy) was dead led to peace between father and sons and attempts by Louis the German to gain the imperial crown for Carloman. Source: Internet
On the death of his nephew Lothair II in 869, Charles tried to seize Lothair's dominions, but by the Treaty of Mersen (870) was compelled to share them with Louis the German. Source: Internet
Louis the German (d. 876), the middle child, who had been rebellious to the last, was allowed to keep Bavaria under the suzerainty of his elder brother. Source: Internet