152. Portrait of Emperor Lothair, c. 800 C.E.

Miniature from Ms. 37768, fol. 4.

British Library, London. Carolingian.

 

 

Lothair I, the eldest son of Lois the Pious, ruled as an Emperor of the Romans from 817-855. Several civil wars occurred during his reign as emperor which resulted in the dissolution of the Frankish Empire.