
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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