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Lothair of France

Lothair of France

Hlotharius

King of West Francia

941 – 986

Biography

Penultimate Carolingian king of the West Franks. Spent his long reign locked in conflict with the Ottonian emperors over Lorraine and slowly losing political ground to Hugh Capet, the Robertian Duke of the Franks who held more real power than the king himself. He left the throne to his only son.

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