A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . which repeatedly threatened to lead to war,arose between Charles and Lothair; but these were reconciled by themediation of Louis the German, so that outwardly, at least, thepeaceful relations of the three brothers remained undisturbed. Theblessings of real confidence and faithful adherence to ones agree-ments were, however, wanting in the Carolingian house. The trou-bles which Charlemagne had tried to avert from his sons, by theadmonitions of the statute of inheritance of 806, came upon themthrough their o
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . which repeatedly threatened to lead to war,arose between Charles and Lothair; but these were reconciled by themediation of Louis the German, so that outwardly, at least, thepeaceful relations of the three brothers remained undisturbed. Theblessings of real confidence and faithful adherence to ones agree-ments were, however, wanting in the Carolingian house. The trou-bles which Charlemagne had tried to avert from his sons, by theadmonitions of the statute of inheritance of 806, came upon themthrough their own fault like an inevitable destiny. Twelve yearsafter the treaty of Verdun, on September 29, 855, the EmperorLothair (Fig. 26) died in the monastery of Pruem. He left Italyand the imperial office to his eldest son, Louis II. The northernhalf of his realm he divided so that the second son, Lothair, shouldreceive the northern districts and Aix, — , what was afterwardscalled Lotharingia, — while the southern territory, on the Rhone andSaone, was left to the third son, Fro. 2(). — Coin of Lothair. Ob.: cross, with four globes: legend, t HLOTARIVSIMP. Rev.: church; legend, BVRDIGMA t. (From Cappe.) The rapid degeneration of the Carolingian family was sadlyevident in these three brothers. Lothair II. caused much offence byhis liaison with Waldrada, whom he had loved in his youth. TheRoman See, as the guardian of Christian morals, supported therights of his misused wife, Teutberga, and thus obtained thewished-for opportunity of humiliating the guilty king and triumph-ing over the royal authority. Charles of Provence died in 863, andhis kingdom was divided by Lothair II. (Fig. 27) and EmperorLouis II. The latter received Provence, and a part of Burgundysituated on the left bank of the Rhone. Confusion reigned also inthe realm of Charles the Bald ; and in 858 his nobles even turnedagain to Louis the German, in order to see the strong hand of thelatter restore some d
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