Louis the Pious
778 – 840 · 62 years · Aachen · Europe
Reign: 814 – 840 (Franks and France)
Charlemagne's only surviving son and emperor from 814. His attempts to divide the realm among his sons provoked revolts and, after his death, the partition of the empire by the Treaty of Verdun in 843.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Charlemagne — King of the Franks, Emperor, 30 years older
- Charles the Bald — first king of West Francia, the future France, 45 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Rurik — Varangian prince, founder of the Rurik dynasty, 52 years younger
Middle East
- Al-Khwarizmi — mathematician and astronomer, 2 years younger
- Harun al-Rashid — Abbasid caliph, 12 years older
Asia
- Emperor Kanmu — emperor who founded Heian-kyō, the future Kyoto, 41 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne — aged 15, Europe
- 800 Coronation of Charlemagne — aged 22, Europe
- c. 800–950 Drought and the Classic Maya collapse — aged 22, Americas
- 802 Founding of the Khmer Empire — aged 24, Asia